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