Ratatoskr, emissary to the gods |
An acorn and a sweet gum ball |
Nibbling on a honey locust pod |
Munching on acorns |
Polishing off a sweet gum ball |
Oak
There's a big acorn harvest this year.
Honey Locust
The fruit of the honey locust is a long, flat legume (pod) that matures in early autumn. The young, unripe pods, with their sweet, sticky, and aromatic pulp, are edible and contain about 12-42% sugar.
There's a big acorn harvest this year.
Honey Locust
The fruit of the honey locust is a long, flat legume (pod) that matures in early autumn. The young, unripe pods, with their sweet, sticky, and aromatic pulp, are edible and contain about 12-42% sugar.
The pale green seed pods turn reddish-brown and black, when they mature.
Sweetgum
The large deciduous hardwood tree, sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) also goes by the names redgum, sapgum, starleaf-gum and bilsted.
Up to 50 seeds can be found within each spiky ball.
They bloom with inconspicuous, yellowish-green flowers in the spring that turn to seedpods -- which are often called gumballs -- in the fall. The spiky clusters are actually balls of fruit with tiny seeds inside that birds and squirrels snack on.
By mid-fall, the balls are dead and seedless.
Hawthorn
It's a good year for hawthorn berries. Birds, squirrels, raccoons and rabbits like to eat fruit and seed of hawthorn.
Lots and lots of berries |
A feast |
Enjoying the harvest
while it lasts.
Optimal eating position |
Great for the digestion |
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