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The Battles of Rural Florida

The Battles of Rural Florida

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Here’s another category where a Florida resident needs to become trained…and observant….. ***Maleficent Horticulture…and the Art of Identifying Poisonous Plants*** *****(Basic Poisonous Plant Guide)***** There are so many potentially harmful plants to pick from…Let’s start with Lantana….. It’s beautiful…it’s everywhere…it’s toxic….. *****(Pretty…Colorful…Poisonous…Lantana)***** Here’s another one for your consideration….. …..Deadly Night Shade…I know I’ve covered this before…but it bears repeating….. Your first warning is in the name itself….. Plus this plant lives & thrives…

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~The Berry Bush Saga~

~The Berry Bush Saga~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** CLICK HERE***Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel*** The idea of propagating blackberry bushes along the pasture’s fence line…..was a good idea….. …..it was….. …..I would’ve thought it would be easier….. …..the planting…..the regular watering…..that kind of stuff….. …..but the challenges for the poor plants surviving here…..well…..that’s another story….. I wanted the anti-social properties of thorny/berry-bearing bushes for our pasture’s perimeters….. I figured I’d begin with three different/non-hybridized/old-fashioned blackberry…

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Bad Plants…….and Worse Plants…….

Bad Plants…….and Worse Plants…….

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Sub-tropical Florida is a moist/perfectly-heated Petri dish….. Lots of things grow down here and they grow opulently & lavishly….. …..year ’round….. …..all the time….. I just wanted to devote a post to photos of what voluntarily grows in our back yard….. It’s a little scary what Florida can produce….. …..and these things can show up overnight!….. Some of these plants are taller than we are…..plus they’re poisonous….. But wait………….there’s more….. Eeeeeeewwwwwww!….. See…..sunny Florida….. …..it’s not just pristine beaches….. …..with beautiful…

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