Nope, not edible

I took this picture last weekend, and emailed it to my sister to find out what this plant is. I was hoping it might be elderberry, but as it turns out, it's a pokeweed plant.  I'm going to start cataloging the various plants that I find on the property. What's edible, what's medicinal, what's poisonous... Very useful information to have. Hopefully I'll be getting a decent DSLR so that I can take much better pictures.

 

Three most hated words

Brown recluse spider.

Yuck, yuck, yuck. My husband put down some glue traps last time we were up, and in June had the house sprayed, and we put off bug bombs. There were a couple caught in the traps and found several dead ones in various rooms. I went on a serious spraying frenzy. This freaks me out. Just reading up on  how to eradicate them freaks me out.  We got tubs and large space bags to put stuff in when we aren't there. Bedding, clothes that aren't hanging, dog beds. You name it, it's getting sealed up.

Hey, are you taking my picture?? Cheese!

The mystery of what made the footprints in the sand in the backyard has been solved. We weren't sure if it was deer or hog. Trust me, I was praying for deer. The thought of feral hogs that close to the house freaked me out. The Aussie set up a game camera and hung it on one of the trees is the back. Bambi and friends made their camera debut. I guess this means I'm going to have to fence in any garden I plant. Seriously fence. With a roof.