Don’t you just hate to be blamed for something that you didn’t do? I’m not even talking about having an an accident and feeling that it was unpreventable. I’m talking about being in the wrong place at the wrong time and having nothing to do with what happened but still taking the blame. Such is the life of goldenrod. It beautiful yellow spikes are easy to spot and in late summer when eyes are itchy and nobody can seem to shake the light coughing that lasts for weeks goldenrod takes the heat for it. The real culprit is the ragweed but we don’t really have to talk about that riff-raff. Goldenrod on the other hand continues to be a giver. The plant is not only beautiful but has an array of medicinal qualities. (Always check out multiple sources when researching medical plants). The dried stems are used to start friction fire and make string by survivalists. I’m sure that if I sat and thought about it I could enumerate more gifts that goldenrod provides freely in spite of the reputation that it didn’t earn.
Nebraska’s State Flower 🙂 Well-represented here!
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Awesomeness!
Thanks for stopping by 😁
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Awesome! Thanks for drop of knowledge. I had no idea it was even called a goldenrod lol, let alone all of the things you can do with it.
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Thank you and you’re welcome 😁
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beautiful as well as educational — the best sort of post 🙂
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Thank you da-AL
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Bravo, Lloyd such a stunning photograph that I actually want to pick up photography lessons now.
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Thank you Sophia! <3. I have been considering offering workshops here locally. ( I need to get some time to organize first. ) If it goes well I may consider a web-based workshop.
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