pond in progress started 4/21/10

[addy1]

Yeah! my bog bean is blooming! and more to open..............Such a delicate looking flower.

 

[callingcolleen1]

Very pretty flowers! I have never had a bog bean....

 

[addy1]

It is rated to pretty cold temperatures, down to zone 3, I bought some last summer to try out, really like it. They say it is medicinal also.

 

[j.w]

It's blossoms are quite pretty!

 

[CountryEscape]

Oh, my, Addy! I remember seeing someone's bog beans, and decided I was going to watch for them at the local stores, but I didn't remember that they had such beautiful flowers! Those are some amazing shots of them. Thanks for sharing. You seem to have just about everything in and around your ponds. Love it!

 

[callingcolleen1]

I have heard the the Chinese people use bog bean as a medically as a sedative, and it is also helpful in relieving migraine headaches, rheumatoid and osteo arthritis.

The leaves are the medicinal part of the plant. Best picked from May to July, and sun dried under moderate heat.

For treatment of rheumstoid arthritis, combine well with Black cohoshs and celery seed.

I should look to grow this plant as I have arthritis in my hands and it is getting worse every year!!

 

[callingcolleen1]

Oh yes, drink as a tea, steep 1 or 2 teaspoons in a cup of bolling water for 10 - 15 minutes. Drink 3 times a day ....

 

[addy1]

I read it is pretty bitter.

http://www.herbs2000.com/herbs/herbs_bogbean.htm

 

[addy1]

two nights now, trying to trap another ground hog that moved in under our garage. Caught the first one.


Took it for a ride, released out in the woods, near a stream away from people




So set the trap, ............caught a possum two nights now, they must like the fresh apple I leave in it.

Got this guy two nights ago



Looks like a different one last night, they have a mouth of teeth!





Bails for the woods as soon as I open the trap

So cute ....... some mother loves it

 

[j.w]

The ground hogs heard there was an opening at your nice hog hotel under your house addy. You got good reviews from the last tenants :bdaybiggrin:

 

[sissy]

critters gone wild addy you need a movie .

 

[addy1]

What more could you ask for, dry lodgings, all the food you can eat plus, not bothered, shot at etc. ..............the word is out...........move in!

 

[callingcolleen1]

Not to worry, I hear the last renters were kicked out in the middle of the night, so now it is back on the market and I am sure there is a long list of critters ready to move in at a moments notice! Ha ha ha

 

[addy1]

Here is the path to the home.............. I tried to give them a nice entrance.





taking a sun break

 

[callingcolleen1]

Beautiful path, love the stone steps, very natural!