Four years ago today, the fun began. It started with a Facebook ad for “Pup BI.” I’ve had a lot of great dogs over the years, but no one compares to Althea, whom we affectionately call The Pook. I spent a few hours this morning going through pictures of our life together.
Last year, Laura found this skullcap (genus Scutellaria) on the lower loop trail in the south hollow. She caged it to protect it from the voracious whitetail deer in our woods, and it paid big dividends. Lots of rain this spring as produced a beautiful example of this medicinal forest botanical.
We removed the cage long enough to take a few photos and then replaced it. We can’t protect every skullcap in the forest, but this one definitely is worth keeping off the dinner plate of the local deer.
