As I was showing plants to the group this morning at Lambton Wood, I began to feel as if I were in the produce aisle at the supermarket.

Carrots (Queen Anne’s Lace)

Hedge Parsley

Parsnip

Cucumber (This one is not a real cucumber)

Cabbage (not a real cabbage)

Ginger (wild version)

Grapes

Apple

I asked an expert about this plant which was by the Humber:

His reply: Definitely in the onion family. I’d guess garlic of some sort

Other botany:

At this time of year, there are many Killdeer and Spotted Sandpipers by the Humber River:

Other birds:

River scenes:

Today’s group:

NATURE POETRY

Beyond me in the fields the sun
Soaks in the grass and hath his will;
I count the marguerites one by one;
Even the buttercups are still.                Archibald Lampman (1861–99)

Miles Hearn