Pictures of the great outdoors thread.

[tmschuller]

Today putting up horses.. Ben our Tennessee walker. He’s always last..

 

[12many]

In Colorado last week and make it to Rocky Mountain National Park

Looking West to the Continental Divide


Long's Peak a Colorado fourteener

 

[model1994]

scenes of fall at the homestead

 

[indyk]

Had to compress the image quite a bit for here, click and enlarge!



Some might know where this is at. This is where ya have to pick up your kayaks over the damn dam. Good spot to eat and rest a short min before getting back on the water.

 

[t-squared]

Site 60’s view of Lake Barkley at Prizer Point KOA…


Fog spilling into the bay this morning…

Looking across the lake…

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

From a few days ago, when summer was trying to hang on. This little fellow was enjoying the warmth.

 

[MindfulMan]

From a few days ago, when summer was trying to hang on. This little fellow was enjoying the warmth.

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Turtles are really cool creatures, GFGT. I'm reminded of Timmy, the red-eared slider turtle that lives at McCormick's Creek State Park.

 

[jerzyperson]

A little throwback to Wyoming the year I shot my first elk. Some bighorn sheep being very photogenic.

 

[Max Volume]

There was a hawk in my backyard about the size of a crow I think. Possibly a Cooper's hawk but could be a Sharp Shinned hawk???? I cropped the picture for a better look.

 

[Magyars]

scenes of fall at the homestead

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What's that in the bag in the 3rd picture down?

 

[cg21]

What's that in the bag in the 3rd picture down?

Milk weed looks like

 

[Magyars]

Milk weed looks like

Why collect it? What purpose or properties does it have that you would want to collect it?

 

[cg21]

Why collect it? What purpose or properties does it have that you would want to collect it?

not my picture. But I use it when I am hunting (really keeps the kids occupied lo) and I also plant it on my property. If it has uses beyond that I am ignorant to them.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

not my picture. But I use it when I am hunting (really keeps the kids occupied lo) and I also plant it on my property. If it has uses beyond that I am ignorant to them.

They attract Monarch butterflies.

 

[cg21]

They attract Monarch butterflies.

That’s why I plant it.

 

[Max Volume]

Why collect it? What purpose or properties does it have that you would want to collect it?

Many people are into creating pollinator or butterfly gardens to help things like butterflies or bees. I know of some beekeepers
that take making honey very seriously and have a good product. Native milkweed is one of the best plants to have. Some differentiate their honey by wildflower honey or fall honey. Goldenrod is another important one for fall honey.

Winter planting is the best way to propagate milkweed. I forget the details but the seeds overwintering on the ground helps them to grow in the spring.

 

[spencer rifle]

Hilly Hundred - 37 miles Saturday, 48.5 Sunday.

 

[hooky]

Why collect it? What purpose or properties does it have that you would want to collect it?

One of my great grandmothers used it as a laxative/digestive aid. Polk weed early in the spring and milkweed in the fall. Didn't need much of either one to keep folks regular.

 

[model1994]

What's that in the bag in the 3rd picture down?

sorry I’m a bit late. as others have said - milkweed. specifically it’s a mix of common milkweed (in photo) and butterfly weed (another, beautiful orange milkweed), both a larval food source of monarchs and various other insects/pollinators. I am converting much of my acreage to what our creator originally planned, an oak savannah. part of that process is establishing plenty of native grassland species in place of the former pasture grasses. seed for pollinator species and many of our native species is $$$ so I collect as much as I can to spread around. it’s also beneficial and more efficient to spread local genetics as much as you can, they tend to grow better than seed mixes and such in my experience

 

[model1994]

not my picture. But I use it when I am hunting (really keeps the kids occupied lo) and I also plant it on my property. If it has uses beyond that I am ignorant to them.

you want to separate seed when collecting. But keep the fuzzy white part as it is excellent wind indicators while hunting (you can watch it forever, whereas sprays dissipate before showing the airflow thru timber and such), and compact into small containers well (just make sure it’s dry first, let it sit in a paper bag or so for a while to be sure)