Laura

Michigan Gal, Mom, Grandma, Widow. Lover of everything outdoors. 100% American MAGA/MAHA.
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[Laura @Sheandr1a]

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#Lions https://t.co/8bAnAzGt8j

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@pillgirl1776 @giveashitnature Same here, that stuff works great!

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@DaveBondyTV Bancroft

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@ToniBarronnk0w @tanpukunokami That is so funny, my husband did this as soon as we moved out of the suburbs too. Right off the second story deck, only used the bathroom for.....

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@libsoftiktok Sounds to me like she was fired for defacing a National Park!

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@ashleyschendel How about a mud bog!

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@FreddyLA7 Outdoor World is a day long destination!!

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@Beno10_MFC 5km.

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@Ghostofcynthia Whenever I hear a man say "I can cure her" about a lesbian, It gives me such a rapey vibe. Just gross.

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@ResisttheMS Star Trek is going to be a reality!!!

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

In 2009, dozens of cedar waxwings dropped dead in a Georgia yard. A lab opened them up and found their stomachs packed with one thing: bright red berries picked off the shrub by the porch.

That shrub was nandina, sold all over the South as "heavenly bamboo."

It's not bamboo, but an Asian barberry relative, and its berries contain cyanide compounds. A bird that eats a few is usually fine. But cedar waxwings don't eat a few. They descend in flocks and strip plants bare, and in late winter, when those berries are one of the few foods left hanging, a whole flock can swallow a deadly dose in minutes.

The Georgia birds were found dead beneath the shrubs they had been feeding on. It's happened since, including more cedar waxwings found dead at UNC Chapel Hill.

The berries are also how the plant spreads. Birds eat the fruit and scatter the seeds. Nandina has escaped gardens into woods across much of the South, from Virginia to Texas.

It tolerates deep shade, which means it doesn't stop at the trail edge. It can establish in intact forests and crowd out native plants. State after state lists it as invasive. It's still sitting on the shelf at the big-box nursery.

It's easy to recognize. An upright evergreen shrub three to eight feet tall, with lacy leaves that turn red in cold weather, clusters of white flowers in spring, and bunches of glossy red berries that hang on all winter.

So yank it. Get the roots, because it resprouts. If you can't remove the whole thing this year, at least cut off every berry cluster before the birds find it.

Then plant something that actually feeds them: winterberry, American beautyberry, chokeberry, or native hollies.

The birds deserve better.

[Nancy Mace @NancyMace]

Say what you want about me, but I would never marry my brother.

[Laura @Sheandr1a]

@PGod68 @learning_yohei LMAO, So true I'm in Bancroft and have 3 within a few miles!

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@MiStormChasers We just had super high winds and rain through Bancroft area.

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@realTanyaTay Its called the "Dog Days of Summer" for a reason!

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@VaibhavSisinty how close are we to him providing unlimited power to the planet? Now thats the big question.

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Gotta love cowards who ask a question and then block! I must be terrifying.

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@frenchjraff @soupcanarchist Karmelo Anthony would literally not be waiting on a jury verdict had he just walked away and not STABBED Auston Metcalf in the heart. There, I fixed it for you!

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@beccaderex Wish I was as great of a storyteller, but this is from my backyard in Michigan.

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@beccaderex Wow, they are so beautiful! Love your pictures!