Category Archives: My yard

It’s snakegrass, not a snake in the grass, in my yard

Snakegrass, otherwise known to many as horsetail (Equisetum hymale), is an ancient non-flowering plant. © BCP 2010 Wow. Out with my camera in my backyard after the rain again, and look at the strange stuff I found! I knew we had what the kids called snakegrass on our slope heading towards the swamp, but I […]

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A purple-flowering raspberry spreading like the dickens in my Beach backyard

Purple-flowering raspberry (Rosa odoratus) in the rain Saturday. © BCP 2010 I took this photo of my purple-flowering raspberry bush (Rosa odoratus) on my rainy meander through my own backyard on Saturday night. What shocked me is how long these plants have been blooming — I’d say at least a month. This incredibly hardy member […]

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