The Week in Bloom

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the nuts of the beech (Fagus grandifolia) are edible

While foraging for materials to build the pole lathe and develop a Mildred’s Lane product, my attention shifted continually from the trees overhead to the ground underfoot. Here is a sampling of some sightings during the course of a morning hike around the property, near the banks of the Delaware River in Northeastern Pennsylvania:

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blueberries are ripening in the duff under stands of recently cut white oak

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the Horn of Plenty are an edible but elusive mushroom

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The Eft appeared in legions after a rain

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A Ruffed Grouse

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Toads are camouflaged underfoot

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A porcupine in a tree!

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The catalpa is in bloom

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A lovely moth

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Athena’s foragings