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Grable Road, Marianna





Photos courtesy of Lisa Scherer-2018

In 1854 this log house was home to a family of 10, including parents Benjamin and Mary Ann Bigler. Initials "BOB 1844" were carved in the West side of the house.

View from Highland (road seen in 2nd photo is Grable)
Photos courtesy of Lisa Scherer


Chicory
Bee Balm
These pollinators appeared to be too cold to move.

 Professor of Entomology at the University of Delaware, and author of Bringing Nature Home, Doug Tallamy, lists asters and goldenrod as wildflowers that support the most species of butterflies and moths. We have both growing in Marianna. Purple Asters are a late-season source of pollen. 

The only other wildflowers blooming on Grable Road, on this chilly October in 2019 day, is  Persicaria longiseta or "Smartweed". It's easier to remember the  plant by one of its  common names. Other names are...


 smartweed/knotweed/bunchy knotweed/Oriental Lady's Thumb/smartweed


At any rate, so much to learn about the natural just on one road. 














Maybe our future doesn't have to be based upon the past.

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