FREE Medicine is All Around!!! Foraging for Usnea

Sarah is foraging in the woods for medicine. A lichen called Usnea is used for various medicinal purposes and it grows all over the world. Sarah shows several examples as well as shows how to identify Usnea. Also, while foraging, she finds wild raspberry canes, hedge apples, and rose hips.
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[@autumnmeadows4079]

You are a breath of fresh air

[@littlebeavercreekhomestead311]

Sarah, Osage orange, in central Mo. we call hedge. lots of it here and the best thing for fence post. The hedge apple is not poison as lots of people claim, Cows have been found dead but only because they chocked on them. In fact it is said to be a cure for cancer. I've eaten them and not dead yet, may be a good famine food, not terrible but not tasty either. Good to repel pest. The wood burns really hot and also works nice when made into lumber very hard too. Was planted extensively in hedge rows as fence and was propagated by soaking in water buckets till they fell apart then put the slurry in a small trench and hopefully it would germinate. The Indians used it to make really powerful bows and war clubs, I have made several bows and have killed a deer with one. I even made cordage out of very young bark of hedge saplings that was pretty strong but not strong enough for bow string. The saw dust can also be used to make a very yellow dye, I dyed a shirt once and went to a black powder shoot and everyone was calling me sunshine, lol .There are other uses but that enough for now. God bless and praying for you all and that Kevin has a speedy recovery.

[@brendaarchambault7014]

Here we call them hedge apples. ( I also live in Mo).

[@teenapittman4241]

Thank you. Knowledge that has been experienced is the best kind. I will be writing this down for later reference.

[@1krmorris]

I’m in central Texas and we have them everywhere. I heard pigs love them but haven’t tried it with mine yet.

[@Goldi-Luc]

Haha I've never heard that about curing cancer but i used to joke about it being a cure for cancer when we would talk about how useless they are. It's really interesting to hear all the uses you have found for the wood!

[@littlebeavercreekhomestead311]

If anyone wants to try eating it please use common sense and start off with just a little, also may want to research more as I am not an expert on the matter. Bo-de-ark (I am a professional when it comes to butchering words) is the French name I believe.

[@marcialawhorn572]

When I was young my grandma had the hedge oranges (?) She would slice them about one half inch thick..put them on a cookie sheet ..and dry them in the oven set on a low heat. After time in the oven she would take them and lay them on a cooling rack. She would make a small hole in the middle..for strip of homespun fabric and we would hang them on her Christmas tree. I have many fond memories of going into their woods and hunting them with my grandma. She was always so excited to find perfectly round ones! Previous memories fill my soul! Thanks for reminding me of my memory! Xoxox fills my eyes with happy tears!

[@lightsobrite]

Sarah I really enjoy going on these walks with you and learning about foraging the only better thing than that is being there!

[@debbiebittner8125]

I also really enjoy the walks.

[@marvinwalters8333]

Hedge Trees/bushes were put up in the midwestern states & used to stop the dust/dirt storms back in the day. I was born in Kansas & they surround many fields & along the dirt roads in that state.

[@Skittlesme]

My grandson and I picked tons of Usnea from my yard today. (Large butter bowl full) We had lots of rain last night and found it everywhere. :) Northeast Mississippi here. :) I'm just learning about such things and love watching you guys!

[@tagladyify]

I picked up one of those Osage oranges once on a walk and brought it home and planted the seeds. They sprouted quickly with a very high germination rate. Since I had no where to plant an Osage orange tree I didn’t grow them out, but was very surprised and impressed by their vigor. Might be worth while going forward to grow some out for posts or bows. I’ve heard that the tendency is for the grain to grow very straight and one of the reasons they are good for bows

[@erth2myk2b]

..Wonderful wilderness teaching !...... My Mom used to feed the "Horse Apples" to her horses, down here in Oklahoma/Texas. I've "watched'em" chomp'away on fresh horse apples like "a treat"'!! when I was a kid. ( Seems like the horse apples down here were a bit larger, and "brighter florescent green" ..but otherwise exactly the same mottled surface of fleshy facets.) In Dallas there used to be horse apple trees that still grew in some residential neighborhood park areas, where they would start dropping their fruit around Halloween time and litter the sidewalks and nearby streets!,... but I haven't actually seen any in the last few years....... I know the kids would end up pelting each other with them, until everyone was pretty bruised and banged up!, so maybe some parents decided to have'em all cut down and removed. ( People are so stupid ) My Mom also found a giant wild persimmon tree in a field that the Water Department had kept back for development and expansion. Since the field was open to neighbors and residents and was near her home she could pick fresh ripe wild persimmons from the low hanging branches that were weighted almost to breaking! Ha! The ground was covered with over'ripe bird'pecked persimmons and the tree had to have been 30 or 40 feet tall! FILLED with drooping limbs! You can see the field (and probably "the tree"!) if you Google... Matilda Street Bridge, Dallas.....Thanks for the cool Nature Walk!!

[@griffevans8480]

Osage Orange got it's name from the Osage Indians. They used the orange heart wood for the bows that they were famous for. Now, it is used more for walking sticks. I have one that has been handed down for at least 3 generations. In this part of Texas, we call them Crab apples or Horse apples. We used to use them as baseballs. (They don't last long!) I never knew that they were good for anything else. The more that I watch your videos, the more I learn. Thanks!!!

[@bikerider76058]

I live south of Fort Worth and we call them horse apples too

[@johndorney3269]

I heard horse apples were a good flea repellent, never tried it though

[@isabelladavis1363]

Thank you for sharing have a huge tuft on a pecan tree about 80 years old as I observe from my kitchen window it’s breaking down a limb at a time yearly but still gives us pecans not many for a treat when we do find them that the squirrels haven’t beat us to…gifts are everywhere if we only take the time to explore and fill our souls…stay blessed Sarah

[@kimwembridge9714]

Sarah your a funny girl your such a wealth of knowledge I smile at that little file cabinet that is in your brain I can see you flicking through the draws sometimes and I’m amazed at how much you have tucked away do you watch television at all? Would love to take you walking in the Australian bush x

[@LivingTraditionsHomestead]

I actually don’t like television. 😂 Or movies. I enjoy documentaries from time to time. 😊 When I was a young girl, I dreamed about moving to Australia. 😊

[@julieclemons6701]

You have a nice simple, God-honoring presentation! When I lived in Colorado, I went to an herb school in Boulder where we learned about usnea. In the remotest high country, I used to find clumps of it up to 3 feet long! It is very stable dried and kept in jars. We tinctured it 1:5 fresh or dry in a 50% menstruum (extraction medium of 50% water, 50% ethanol). The Materia Medica of Michael Moore, the venerable herbalist of the Southwest school recommended tincture dosage of 30-60 drops up to 4X per day. The strong decoction (simmered tea) at 2-6 ounces to 3x per day. For those who burn wood, hedge wood is highly prized for burning long and super hot. A true insider's secret! It is also a wood preferred for bow making in Native American culture.

[@Tracys_Little_Patch_of_Dirt]

Looks very much like a coral. It's very pretty.

[@cherokeesangel]

Sarah when I was younger we use to get skunks and snakes under the house alot . My mom use to throw the hedge apples under there because when they start to break down they emit a gas that people that can't really smell but the skunks and snakes really hate. They do work great for spiders to. Tell Kevin to get well soon.

[@MrSanteeclaus]

cherokeesangel we used them to keep spiders away... also used them for targets in place of clay pigeons

[@mowilderness8505]

Just found a load of Usnea in my woods here. Gathered some and will make a tincture soon.

[@lisacook7162]

Her heart is sweet. I love watching you all.

[@reneeodayok859]

People in Indiana definitely still collect hedge apples and throw them under the house 😄 neighbors have a tree and line em up along the road for the taking which is just nice. I love the country!!

[@lovetohuntlovetohunt6241]

Yes we do :)

[@juanolosolodolod]

What you mean they throw them under the house? Sorry not familiar with that terminology…😐 I’m being serious tho.

[@ApostleRon]

Great on the Usnea. The way to identify it is perfect. Look for the white band inside the arm. This is the best and strongest kind. Ive used if for 20 years for many infections that would have landed me in the ER but this saved me this expense.

[@pragmaticpoet]

How do you use it?

[@harrietpeabody2118]

Thank you for sharing this. God bless you and your family

[@feltingme]

If you want direct information about herbs get older books, at least published before 2000. Medical association is now holding treatment monopoly and is going after everyone who "practices medicine without a license", so many publishers are afraid, and allow only vague mentions of healing actions. And that is even though books are for informational purposes only anyway. A few of my favorites: The How To Herb Book: Let's Remedy The Situation by Velma J. Keith and Monteen Gordon (the most practical book I read so far with clear dosages and formulas, covers chicken pox, measles and similar diseases, that many books do not, older, out of print book, but not expensive.) How To Be Your Own Herbal Pharmacist by Linda Page (formulas with several choices of herbs for each part of the formula, and explanations of why each part is in the particular formula) Health from God's Garden: Herbal Remedies for Glowing Health and Well-Being by Maria Treben ( clear pictures of the herbs, simple remedies with directions how to use them and how much and for what type of ailment)

[@jackfanning7952]

Thanks for the references. You are absolutely correct that medical associations are restricting competition. They have been doing that since the 1910s.

[@silverravensblackgarden]

I really like the old fox fire book's

[@JaneDoe-ti9fr]

@@silverravensblackgarden yes ! Me Also I have a few of them

[@samoatodd8730]

I love this post! Great job! ❤️ You are a great teacher! ❤️

[@cynthiahiebert5023]

You work very hard for your family. I appreciate that. Truly. Ch

[@leslieMClass80]

I love going for walks with you! Have a good day!

[@aiami2695]

They grow where is no acid rain, so air quality is important in this regard... Good video! 👍

[@cadwyn8002]

Wishing Kevin a speeded recovery. I’m husband had surgery thanksgiving week and had to have a catheter over the holiday weekend. Also take care of yourself. You have a lot on your plate right now.

[@cmd031064]

I love using more and more natural remedies and have been successful so far. Since my last cancer chemo event i have been going all natural as much as possible. I have found this book amongst others to be quite helpful .....great dosing etc....information. It is so amazing to know that the Lord has made this amazing creation with everything we need! Amen!

[@andreamcdonough6787]

Can you give the book name?

[@lindagoodwin3908]

I love watching your videos!

[@wval4379]

I love your foraging videos.

[@shannonhicks8755]

A way to distinguish Spanish moss from usnea is usnea has the white central and Spanish moss has black.

[@kristibrock9967]

I believe it's also known as the Jack fruit. When ripe it has a deep yellow meat inside the fruit that is sweet to the taste.

[@erin9868]

@ Kristi Brock - No, its in the same family as jackfruit, but hedge apples are different. I don't think anyone or anything eat hedge apples. Which is peculiar for a fruit. But people eat jack fruit, yeah?

[@grandcatsmama3421]

Sarah I watch your videos on a regular basis. Rose hips make a nice tea. Also I used to get a magazine called Victoria, it was based on all of the things people did in those days. One thing they said was to use rose hips to make beads for necklaces. There is a process to it that I can't remember. When you wear the necklace it releases the scent of the roses. Next time you may want to gather some rose hips.

[@shelahogletree7711]

Best topic ever!

[@kksss196]

Your a great teacher honest

[@lindagoodwin3908]

I love when you walk in the woods and everything beautiful comes in to perspective. This is so comforting to me. It’s been many years since I’ve done this. I so love this! 💖

[@pilgrimcarolee7294]

I found USNEA in a Chinese Herb Book. I used it to really son, about 12 maybe, from a really bad soar throat! He could not swallow! Worked great!!!

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

You did a good job explaining this.

[@shaydelady1508]

Up here where I live we call them Hedge Balls. I live in ND and people use these all the time! We sell them at 5 bucks a pop ( I work in produce). They are used a lot for lake campers that get tucked away for the winter. Most of my customers put them under the beds, under couches and widow sills. Hedge Ball or Hedge Apples and spraying mint oil makes for happy campers come summer. :)

[@shannonhicks8755]

We have tons of usnea here in Louisiana and where there is usnea, there is that same lichen. My grandmother has a bench outside that's on an old swing set, made of wood of course, the bench has taken the place of the swings that have since fallen off and broke. It is covered in usnea and lichen. I love sitting on it under the old oak tree. Thank you for this video Sarah. I never knew it had medicinal properties! Prayers going out to Kevin for a healthy recovery. Bless your family and well wishes to you all.

[@Zuxiasunicorn]

I live in a rural subdivision corner lot and I have two hedgerows 275 and 150 feet long with wild raspberries. I was making cordial from them. I worked with a lady who told me to prune the canes and they will give bigger berries. Next spring I pruned and by the time harvest came around I felt like Frankenstein and her monster. At the first picking I filled a 3.5 gallon soup pot plus the largest Revere ware pot I had. By the time they were done fruiting I never wanted to touch another berry again. I sold or gave them away to people at work, made several pans of cobbler to sell also. When the cordial was ready, I sold that too. Very illegal but very tasty. Had to give it up a few years later, carpal tunnel did me in. Now they're just a quick snack while mowing the lawn.

[@kiralees909]

Wow, I've learned something very useful. In WA, Usnea grows every where. I had no idea that they were medicinal. I'm so grateful. Thank you very much.

[@nancypollard4531]

I wish I could like this video more than once. I love your gentle style of teaching. I manage to do a little foraging on my 10000 square foot suburban lot. I find stinging nettle and wild black raspberries and rose hips. I'm sure I have more to find. I too bring a cute basket into the yard with me. Please continue to do these foraging videos. Your family is very lucky to have you.

[@SENelson0313]

We have this all over our yard! I thought it looked really cool, so in the summer time, I harvested quite a bit, in an effort to see if I could get it to continue growing in a pot. And it actually all got accidentally thrown away. But this is so neat knowing that I have this resource right in my own backyard, that I never knew I had. 🏠🌾

[@bonnied3550]

Thank you Sarah love learning about the wild medicinals and how to identify them, yes most definitely more videos on this topic😃👍🏽

[@deborahfanning3504]

and still praying for Kevin's speedy recovery im sure he is sore from his surgery bless his heart!

[@dasroberts6811]

Very informative. Can you do a video of making a tincture or salve with it?

[@kathee5258]

Hedge apples are awesome spider repellers! I used to use them in my basement, garage, and pantry, when I lived in the Midwest. They really work!

[@loridaup2169]

Wow ... I just love your videos! You are a natural teacher, Sarah!

[@CPC-Wanda]

Loved your video not only for learning about foraging but the goats in the background. Made me smile. I miss my goats.

[@telyeash4155]

I love your walks in the woods, i learn so much from you, thank you for sharing

[@ddana9632]

In Alabama they are called horse apples

[@maggienixon1312]

D Dana here in Texas as well

[@raisethepraise5812]

Here in Arkansas as well.

[@Danny66G1]

Yep, that's what we call'em in West Tennessee

[@barbaraanderson5785]

D Dana can you eat them? What they taste like?

[@ddana9632]

Barbara Anderson don’t know if you can eat them. Was told to throw some under house crawl space to deter snakes from entering.

[@tammyhoushour8070]

Loved the walk and education 🤗

[@sabramaxwell9941]

My grandmother used to put hedge apples in the attic to repel silverfish.

[@edwardturner541]

Love the foraging videos! Keep them coming!

[@marilyngodfrey868]

Thank you Sarah, for opening our eyes and our minds to more of the wonderful things that God provides for us. God bless you and your family.

[@mariehenriksen67]

Bois D'Arc trees is what we call the horse apple trees. The wood is very hard when dried. It is very bug resistant, as in termites or others.

[@domingue4god]

I wish everyone was as nice as you!!!

[@oldzensoul]

You're an awesome lady !

[@joanl3669]

Your videos are like visiting with friends. I learn so much from you and Kevin, practical and life skills. Thank you.

[@SENelson0313]

I swear, Sara, you are living my dream. Amazing kids, an amazing, loving, Godly husband, living off of the land. This is what I very literally dream of. Hopefully one day! Please keep posting these awesome, fun, and informational videos. 😊💕🏠🌾

[@mikalah9068]

Up here in Maine we call Usnea "old man's beard"! Because when it get big and hangs from trees it looks like a thick gray beard. I never realized it was medicinal! When dried, we use it as a fire starter.

[@tammiepennington7091]

Not sure that's thesame thing.

[@minniechafin7936]

Some get it Confused with the SPANISH MOSS...that also hangs from trees. They are Not the Same.

[@50shadesofgreen]

good day to you Kevin and Sarah !! thanks for sharing another awesome update and adventures on & off the homestead 👨‍🌾🎥👍✝

[@damariskubauzo5186]

This video is so peaceful to watch. Gonna go see how many more adventure walks you have done.

[@BociCreativeLiving]

That was a nice walk in the woods. Thanks for taking us along!

[@nutmegknoll]

Very good information. Especially not over harvesting.

[@darlenep5206]

Thanks so much for the Peaceful walk in the woods.. Now I have to Go , Look for Usnea !!

[@kelleymccoy7456]

Farmers used hedge apples for natural fencing and wind block for fields. The wood when harvested is a very hard wood great building and fence posts. Hope your doing well and healing quickly

[@darrenhoffman6658]

When I was growing up my grandma would having to go collect these I was always screwed up they were called hedge apples horse apples and they are from the boat Ark tree or is known as Osage orange but my grandmother used to have me take them and smash them cut them in quarters and they would put them under the cabinet some paper plates and the whole time I was over there I have never seen one spider or water bug or Roach around the cabinets around the baseboards if it was it was not very often that I can remember so they do work far as I'm concerned they're not a folklore. I now that I'm older and 45 I make beautiful longbows out of these and Cherokee horse bows we to live in the Ozark on a farm or what you call a start of the Ozarks appreciate your videos and your nature walk in the woods if you haven't looked around in your part of the woods for it they mostly grows in Morse water bottoms but it's called leopards tongue it is a little tiny plant with a white bulb you'll pull it out of the ground and it is used to make soup thick and add real light flavor grandma was a full Cherokee she lived to be 83 I miss her send this video brought back some good memories.wa do. That means thank you in Cherokee

[@RhinoDNA]

GREAT comment and wonderful to read of your experience/memories...thank you!

[@susanellis3287]

Really enjoyed this little field trip into the woods. I’m just discovering all the hidden things God has for us to use for our food or health. We’re a spoiled people, we’ve become too accustomed to a drive through fast food or pharmacy even at rather high prices. Thank you for your time and effort to show us unlearned but ready to learn a few of these forgotten blessing of God.

[@anniegaddis5240]

Sharing!

[@lucythomas4077]

Your a wonderful teacher to get the motivation and interest started. Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your other half.

[@kathygirlygirl4109]

Loved this. I always love learning about the natural things we can look for in the woods or our own yards to use for healing or health. Thanks dear!

[@phyllisjeanfulton]

We as natural dyers use hedge (horse) apples off The Osage tree. Osage makes a beautiful yellow orange color on fabric or paper.

[@ericahoffman3576]

Sarah, Thanks so much for all you do and share. Deep Respect and Gratitude especially Today that you take such care to share only accurate herbal information and that you always encourage people to do their own due diligence in educating themselves further!🤗💕

[@MyBitOEarth]

Usnea is very interesting. I'm going to do some research to see if it grows in my area. Thank you for sharing.😀

[@sls3764]

We had hedge apples on our farm growing up and my grandmother told my mom to put the under the house and roll some under cabinets in the kitchen to get rid of bugs. Now my mom never put them in the house but we did have fun rolling them under the house. Such memories.

[@cheakychic1]

it is really abundant on the west coast of BC and up here in Northern BC to Sarah...I am going to do some more research

[@rustybell2722]

We have hedge apples/osage orange trees here. If you take a young sapling and bend it over, anchor it to the ground it will root. Do enough of these and they form a formidable fence. I say formidable because the branches have big old thorns. And yes, we use the fruit to keep the critters away. The deer seem to eat them too.

[@galuyasdi]

The green fruit is called osage orange. It is arguably the best bow wood on the planet. It is called osage orange as it originally only grew in the land of the Osages and was traded for by other tribes, including the Cherokee. One farmer in Indiana dug some up when plowing a field that was probably over a 150 years old and was at one time a fence post. He was able to make a bow out of it and hunts with it currently. Grandma used to cut them in half and put them in the window sill to keep flies away.

[@kimberlycleveland1816]

I absolutely love the foraging videos. Thank you Sarah. Hope Kevin is getting some rest! God bless

[@snapstring3134]

I really enjoy going foraging with you. Awesome video. Lord bless you and speedy recovery for Kevin.

[@waynecherry5301]

lichen is very popular with model train enthusiasts, to create trees and shrubs on their display landscapes. it is sold in bags at toy and model shops,and comes primarily from Scandinavia .

[@LindaMcClellan1016ofh]

Thanks Sarah for taking us out into your woods, I really enjoy learning about medicinal plants. I live in San Antonio, TX and most of the land is fenced in and no woods in this part of Texas. I was born and raised here and if there are any I have missed them. Usnea is new to me but that it has power over bacteria is great. Like you said if we ever get in a situation where the antibiotics we have don't work, which is already starting to happen, or if something happens where we don't have access to any it could come in handy. I, myself, have never seen the big yellow hedge apples. They are unusual though! We have little plants that grow on trees like the usnea but I have always just been told it's mistletoe. I don't know if that's right or not. I do have black berries that grow on a vine on our fence but it was there when we bought the house and my husband seems to have it out for anything that grows on our fences and kills it all. They actually tasted pretty good and the birds loved them. God bless and he's blessed you with room to explore and hopefully find even more interesting surprises.

[@RiversideHomesteadLife]

Good stuff ! 🙌🏽

[@danaphillips776]

I have those growing in Texas they eat them just go on Hedge Apple and it will pull it up show you how to prepare him to eat they're also good about getting rid of rats and mice the way you get the seed is you put them in a bucket of water let him set over winter outside and then in the spring you get the seats out and plant them that's how I got mine started my hedge apples came from Kentucky and I live in Georgia love your show don't miss one at all

[@maryreynolds5310]

Hi Sarah, thank you so much for this walk in the woods..something I quite enjoy and miss doing. So, for the hedge apples, I used them to keep unwanted little creepy crawlers from coming into my country home. Before I started to use them, we would always get many spiders in our farm house...I then decided to put them to the rest. From then on, we didn’t see a single spider, silver fish, earwig etc!! I mean NOT a one! I used plenty though, LOTS went around and under my house. I know they can be used for several more things as well, and I’ve heard of people actually eating them.

[@yeshuaisthewaythetruthandt515]

Thanku for taking me along with you in the woods n teaching me. God bless you

[@jvdk9865]

Dear Sarah, I love you voice on this video it’s nice soft and soothing, Such a huge improvement on your other videos thank you it makes the video’s so much much better.

[@bettyjoelauper]

Hey Sarah hope Kevin is feeling good today. I love your foraging videos and encouragement to explore seasonally. You are awesome!!

[@lindalee601]

Loved the walk on your beautiful property. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@teya44]

Went walking today and found my first Usnia.... I knew what to look for after I seen this video. I'm in Virginia and really never thought I would have it here thank you for giving me the information.....

[@BigfootandMore]

Just saw your comment on my channel. Down here in Southeast Oklahoma we call those 'horse apples' and what you call "Osage Orange", we call "Bois-D'arc". Like your video!

[@loriehabel1552]

Sarah knowledge is power. Thank you for sharing. Hope Kevin is feeling alittle better. That 3rd day can be a doozie.

[@marcycarson2130]

Osage Oranges, Hedge Apples, Horse Apples... I'm almost 70, my Grandfather used to cut fence posts from the branches of these trees. By the next year they'd be sprouting and growing into trees themselves. Instant shade, practically. You can still find old fence lines off the beaten path made of Osage Orange trees in NE Ok, Ks and Mo. I used to love the smell of the osage oranges. I'd always heard that they kept insects away until one hot day in late fall I saw flies all over them. But who knows... maybe it's other insects it keeps away. Cherokee's used to make Bows and Arrows from them. The wood is like Iron wood, a very, very hard wood. My Grandmother used to use parts of the tree for a bright yellow dye. I can't remember which parts now... to many years since my childhood.

[@AngiesPantry58]

Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed the walk with you.. Big hugs :") I keep you & your husband in our prayers for a speedy recovery..

[@Bex-rg8pj]

Cool , loved your video on my birthday 💥

[@hungry2hear]

You really give a very comprehensive tour through the woods! The videos I have seen so far have been extremely informational and exciting to make people want to get out and BushCraft! Thank you.

[@leeslabach7427]

I have heard that people use hedge apples as moth deterrents in their closets/clothes storage areas. And I know people who use them as insect repellents, too. And they are so interesting to play with, although they don't hold up too well as baseballs! The odor is citrusy, not unpleasant but not really endearing, either! Another fascinating seasonal gift here in Indiana.

[@MamawsRebornPunkinPatch]

The stretch of the plant was very cool. Great video

[@ritamccartt-kordon283]

Hello from TN! Yes, horse Apple here too! It grows, eventually, into a large tree. Was at one time used as a living fence. Very thorny! I'll come back later, I have a doctor's appointment! Bee blessed Danny and Rita in TN on Rooster Ridge

[@TheArtisanbard]

Thanks for taking us along in your walk in the woods. Would love to walk with you in person and learn more! Very informative.

[@ashbananas5937]

SOOOOOOO interesting Sarah! I really like learning about holistic approaches to life and nature's wonders! He truly is wondrous in His creations.