I am used to looking things up on my own... but three plants are giving me a hard time!
There's an are in Dreamland Express (formally known as No Man's Land Extravaganza), that reminds me of Provence. The dryness of the ground with it's sediment rock formation that chips away under your feet, mixed with clay and a certain fragrance in the air, really bring me back to that part of France.
There really is something, a smell that I couldn't identify until finally one day when I kneeled down to check for rain damage of some boxes that were under a tarp. When I lifted the tarp, a kind of heavy frustration took me over. All that stuff was drenched...! I don't know if it was my laziness or my scatterbraine but I know that I have too many projects going at once and that my boxes I thought were protected aparently were not. Maybe it was karma, I used an old stolen tarp 😞.
Don't tell me you were a saint all your life!
Yes, I was panicked and frustrated but that fragrance was there in my face and I knew it was near... Maybe there was a chance to finally find what it came from. I reached down grabbed a handfull of grass and EUREKA, there it was, that wonderful sweet smell from Provence.
After a year or so, I finally found it...I can't believe it!
Now, I'd like to know what it is... I haven't found anyone amongst our friends who've been able to pin point this herb.
I was thinking Marjoram. It smells very strong of winter fresh mint with a hint of lemon/lime and oregano. I don't think it's mint at all, it's much more pepper like.
Can you identify this awesome little pant?
I thought I was pretty good at investigating... well not this time!
Here are two other plants I would appreciate your help with:
- There's this lettuce looking thing from the top of this post:
So what do you think, is it salad worthy?
- And then there's this interesting berry tree I cannot figure out either:
The flesh of these berries is dark purple. Do you notice the way they're clustered too? I cannot rememebr if they had one small pit or a few tiny seeds.
That's it for now, I have a few stems of what I think is marjoram, dryed it smells really strong too. I'm sure some of you have seen these plabts and will be able to help identify them.
If you don't like your surroundings, change them
If you don't like your situation, change it.
If you don't like your decisions, make different ones.
All of this leads to the life that YOU want to lead, not the one others want you to lead.
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