Days and days of rain have kept the farmers out of their fields and gardeners chomping at the bit to turn a few rows. Boredom sent me on a country cruise on a rainy day and I was able to catch a few cool sites.
The flood waters are fierce and the wildflowers are plentiful!
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A drive by shoot shows an untended field full of ragwort.
It’s everywhere this time of year. And as beautiful as it may be, it’s toxic to livestock.
Jacobaea vulgaris commonly known as ragwort, common ragwort, tansy ragwort, benweed, St. James-wort, ragweed, stinking nanny/ninny/willy, staggerwort, dog standard, cankerwort, mare’s fart, cushag, st
Ragwort provides high yields for pollinators.
Annual Fleabane Erigeron annuus Aster family (Asteraceae)
Can’t make a roadtrip in the rural parts of Southern Illinois without seeing at least one Turkey Buzzard
Phlox divaricata (Wild Blue Phlox)
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum); blooms April through June
The creeks are out of their banks.
Almost up to the bridge on this one.
More of that beautiful fleabane
Pink and white fleabane all along the roadside
Not yet verified.