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Oooo, I used to have daylilies in my back yard before I moved. The buds were quite tasty steamed (again, eaten to the chagrin of Hubby who thinks one shouldn't eat the decor  ) I think I shall plant some here.
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Hi Alimae
The book, Magic and Medicine of Plants, states that the young shoots, flowers and pods may be used as vegetables, but they must be boiled in three or four different batches of water to remove toxic substances and make them safe to eat. The cooking water should be thrown away.
It also mentions that Milkweed was once cultivated for the silky down from its giant seedpods, which was used to stuff beds, pillows, and - during World War II - life jackets.
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Prophets are not without honor save in their own country,but I never heard that said of poets.
Could it be that prophets are regarded as nothing more than misty-eyed visionaries, like poets, until their 'prophecies' crystalize into reality?
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Could it be that prophets are regarded as nothing more than misty-eyed visionaries, like poets, until their 'prophecies' crystalize into reality?
More likely 'people don't honor those who criticize them.' Of course, Jona wasn't honored and he was in a foriegn country.
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Hi Bill!
You'd asked why Frost moved to England. Well, today happens to be Frost's Birthday. And I just heard this on the Writer's Almanac. It may answer a few questions at least:
It's the birthday of Robert Frost, born in San Francisco, California (1874). Although he's remembered as a New England poet, he didn't move east until he was eleven, when his father died. His mother supported the family by teaching school. He dropped out of college, married, moved to a farm in New Hampshire, and held a series of odd jobs, writing the whole time. He estimated that his income from poetry amounted to ten dollars a year, and his family was destitute. Then it occurred to him to sell the farm and move to England, where prices were still low after the war. There, his poetry began to receive real attention. He published his first collection, A Boy's Will (1913), to great acclaim when he was thirty-nine, and the following year North of Boston (1914) got even better reviews.
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bel, you should see the milkweed in Puerto Rico. It thinks it's a tree there! You whack it back and that just gets it's dander up and it comes roaring back. The pods are huge, too. They are the size of your larger avocados or your smaller grapefruits, whichever is easier for you to imagine. The blossoms are large as well. Each floweret is the size of a phlox blossom and are a creamy white with purple accents. Amazing pesty things!
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