#not that clover is poisonous but like. it’s not tasty

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My brother asked me the difference between lemon clover (aka wood sorrel) and regular clover, because he forgot, and I explained it and showed him images, and after explaining and showing. He said that he had remembered that lemon clover is edible and that earlier today he was eating some clovers (he was at a park sports field w friends) because he thought they were lemon clover. And ate several. And I said “if it didn’t taste like lemon the first time why did you keep eating them??” and he said “I thought maybe it was a bad patch”. Insane thing to do but normal coming from him

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Guess what I didn't completely forget about this (lie) so here's all of them cause I can't make 30 consecutive posts and remember apparently: 1. what type of dirt would your kintype eat? Muddy dirt full of roots and worms and little crunchy rocks that have the same effect as eating sand

2. warm or cold ocean water Cold

3. describe a pie made from three ingredients your kintype would eat, crust included, go Berries, eggs, and way too much butter

4. if your kintype suddenly opened their eyes, what would they be looking at? A computer, specifically one that has way too many tabs open, half of those are tumblr tabs I keep forgetting to close.

5. do you like sticks yes they both crunch and stab

5. 5 again. do you like leaves

yes. very tasty.

7. does your kintype migrate

maybe?

8. sleepy or awakey

awakey. Awakey with much caffeine and enough energy overpower Zeus himself

9. are you smaller or larger than a breadbox

misread this as are you smarter or larger than a bread box, I'd say larger, I have like 1 working braincell in this head of mine.

10. describe the vegetation around your kintype's feet

Clovers, grass with little grasshoppers and spiders crawling over it, ferns everywhere, and lots of little twigs. Or short grass covered in dry pineneedles.

11. what's the most specific or unusual shift (if you experience them) you've experienced Once had a cameo beta fish phantom fin while sitting in my kitchen one day. Dont know where that came from but it was cool.

12. what website is your kintype most like FireFox (Browser? Website? Same thing.)

13. hey, how's it going (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧

14. if given a cellphone, what would your kintype do with it

*Chomp*

15. how do you make your room/home/surroundings more suited to your kintype Blankets shaped into a little den, like a pillow fort almost. Also a little horde of shinnies for harpykin.

16. tell me about your favorite kind of fabric…like, just in general, unrelated to your kintype(s)

Anything thats not velvet

17. are you bitey

Yes.

18. how does your kintype feel about chia seeds

Eh too small

19. can your kintype knit? if not, could your kintype knit if given instructions

No thumbs :(

20. describe your kintype's skin texture in great detail

Skin. With lots of fur.

21. glossy or matte

Glossy

22. wildcard, I'm getting tired of writing these

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23. you hear a scratching noise around the corner, what does your kintype do

:O

24. what's your kintype's most acute sense

Scent or sound

25. alone in a forest with no provisions, how long does your kintype survive

Whole life I guess? I mean that's my kintypes' home, but if it was me probably would die of eating a poisonous mushroom or getting mauled by a pack of wolves.

26. describe your kintype as a canned vegetable

Canned carrots, but like ye olden day carrots that were weird colors and bitter mixed in.

27. it's getting dark out, does your kintype sleep, wake up, or PANIC

Kin wakes

28. how many fingers do you have and why

10, so far. Surprised I still have them all tbh.

29. what's a really nice smell

petricore. Or some kinds of trees that are just ^v^

30. has 30 days of this unhinged you further?

Yes I feel myself slipping into insanity.

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RAMBLING ABOUT SOUL MAGIC GOOO

Also there’s headcanons at play here! I imagine after Flowey became Omega Flowey in the Neutral Route and Frisk defeated him, the SOUL attacks he used carried over to the Pacifist Timeline, where they became a sort of “acquired magic” for the Souls when they were revived. So they each have a naturally learned magic ability, and one that was acquired from Omega Flowey. (Except for Frisk)

💜 - Hawthorne was able to SAVE and RESET during his journey as he had enough determination to do so at the time, so he SAVED for both him and Strix during their time in the Underground. However, when he drowned, his Soul was quickly retrieved and contained before he could properly RESET for him and Strix.

His natural magic is the ability to create magic strings from his fingertips. If he concentrates, he can also make these strings poisonous as well, using the KARMA mechanic. His acquired magic is mental negative word attacks, though he prefers to wait to use this ability in a fight, in order to disorient his opponent.

💚 - Strix’s natural magic is healing magic, using green attacks. This…made it so that Strix had no way to attack a monster apart from using their pan. I like to think that Strix can probably make their healing spells look like anything, he just chooses to make it omelettes. Everyone loves a tasty omelette.

His acquired magic is of course, fire magic. This allows Strix to control fire at his fingertips, and they can even breathe a massive jet of flame on their enemies. This also allows Strix to be basically heatproof and survive in extremely hot temperatures.

🩵 - Amara’s natural magic is ice magic, which she’s able to use both offensively and defensively. She’s able to create ice barriers and shields, or wait for the perfect moment to launch a few ice projectiles at her opponent. She likes to use her magic in conjunction with her Toy Knife to make it into a way more lethal Ice Katana. (Look I thought it would be cool okay)

Her acquired magic is Knife Manipulation, and she’s able to also summon energy knife attacks, and can use this pretty well with her ice magic. Her magic anlso makes her immune to cold temperatures, like Strix and his fire magic. Another uncanny ability she has…is that Amara can see ghosts. It’s not related to her SOUL, she just…can. Meaning yes, she can see Chara.

🧡 - Capsaicin is able to freeze someone in time via contact. He himself is immune to his powers, meaning no you can’t just get him to accidentally freeze himself, and when he makes contact with them again they will be unfrozen. He also has increased strength due to his magic.

His acquired magic is Energy Hand Projection. This has synergized with his natural magic, and he uses both inflict massive damage on his opponents by freezing them, before hitting them with a massive amount of ORANGE attacks.

💙 - Rosé’s natural magic is Gravity Control. With it, they can basically use telekinesis, and lower gravity to the point where they’re able to fly. They can also weigh others down so they can’t move due to the sheer gravity. She also has increased agility due to her magic. They got that fancy footwork.

Their acquired magic is the ability to create Star Projectiles. They can make these big like large meteorites, or smaller like throwing stars. The projectiles can also be incredibly sharp if Rosé wants them to be.

💛 - Westleaf’s natural magic is Speed Magic. She’s able to move so fast to different locations that it seems like she’s teleporting, though in reality, she’s simply quickly moving her SOUL across a certain distance. Think Clover’s Dash ability they get in UTY. Doing this across a very short period of time however, wears her out little by little.

Her acquired magic is Plasma Bullets. She can fire one at a time, rapid fire, or even commit the Clover Soul Beam. She only has six rounds at a time, and it takes her either a few minutes or several, depending on how tired out she is. Using the Justice Beam takes ALOT of energy though, so she can’t use Plasma Magic for a while after that.

❤️ - Frisk! Y’all know Frisk so I’m not gonna say much, but in this they also know Plant Magic! They use their Stick as a wand to control vines and other plant life.

They can also synergize with the other Souls to create all brand new attacks!

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Unlocking the Flavor: Can Your Hamster Delight in Sage? Exploring the Culinary World of Furry Friends

Ever wondered if your hamster could join the herb party? Let's dive into the delightful world of sage and see if it's a savory treat or a potential risk for your furry friend.

Overview of Sage:

Derived from the Salvia officinalis plant, sage flaunts its fragrant grayish-green leaves, packing a punch of nutrients such as vitamin K, A, calcium, iron, and manganese. However, a word of caution: it also houses thujone and camphor, potential troublemakers in large amounts.

Can Hamsters Eat Sage?

Absolutely! Hamsters can relish the goodness of sage in moderation. Small, occasional servings offer essential nutrients without harm. But beware of overindulgence, as excess intake might lead to unwanted side effects. Keep it casual, keep it small.

Benefits of Sage for Hamsters:

Vitamin K: Supports blood clotting and bone strength.

Manganese: Aids growth and development.

Iron: Boosts immunity and carries oxygen through the blood.

Polyphenols: Antioxidants that may reduce inflammation.

Calcium: A crucial ingredient for strong teeth and bones.

Risks of Sage Consumption:

Toxic Compounds: Thujone and camphor, if overdone, act as neurotoxins.

Digestive Upset: Too much may lead to a tummy revolt – think diarrhea or vomiting.

Aroma Aversion: The strong scent might make your hamster turn up its tiny nose.

Nutritional Imbalance: Substituting sage for a balanced diet could lead to deficiencies over time.

Symptoms of Sage Poisoning:

Lethargy, weakness, and lack of coordination.

Excessive salivation or drooling.

Constricted or dilated pupils.

Rapid breathing and an elevated heart rate.

Gastrointestinal issues like diarrhea or vomiting.

Tremors or muscle spasms.

Feeding Guidelines:

Frequency: Sage should be a VIP guest, not a daily visitor. Aim for 1-2 times per week max.

Quantity: Keep it small – a leaf or sprig per serving is plenty.

Preparation: Chop or mince those leaves to avoid any choking risks.

Dried Sage: If fresh isn’t your hamster's jam, try small pinches of dried flakes.

Alternatives and Supplements:

Sprinkle variety into your hamster's diet with alternatives like parsley, dill, basil, clover, dandelion greens, chamomile, and wheatgrass. Top-quality hamster food brands like Mazuri, Supreme Petfoods, and Oxbow are the reliable anchors for a balanced diet.

Conclusion:

In a nutshell, let your hamster enjoy the occasional sagey delight, but keep it in check. This aromatic herb can be a tasty and nutritious addition to your hamster's menu when handled with care. When in doubt, consult your vet before adding new treats. Happy treating, responsible pet parent!

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Can Hamster Eat Clover: A Guide to Safe Consumption

 Can Hamsters Eat Clovers? As hamster owners, we want to give our pets the best care possible, and this often means knowing what foods are safe and good for them. Clover might have caught your eye as a possible food for your hamster because of its bright leaves and cute appearance. In this complete guide, we'll talk about clover for hamsters, including what it is, what it does, what risks it might have, and how to add it to your furry friend's diet in a safe way.

Can a hamster eat a clover? : Nature's Little Treasure

Clover is a common plant that you may have seen in gardens, meadows, or even in your own backyard. But what does it really consist of, and how can you feed it to your hamster?

What does Clover look like?

Clover is a flowering plant with leaves that have three leaflets and small flowers.

Clover's nutritional make-up:

Can Hamsters Eat Clovers? There are many nutrients in clover that are good for your hamster's health. It has minerals like calcium and potassium and vitamins like vitamin A and vitamin C.

Could a hamster eat clover?

Before adding clover to your hamster's diet, it's important to know what it contains and how it might affect your pet.

Can a hamster eat a clover leaf?

Yes, hamsters can eat a small amount of clover.

How come hamsters can eat clover?

Your hamster's diet can be made more interesting and natural by adding clover. Due to the fiber in it, though, it should only be given in small amounts.

Clover is good for hamsters and here's why:

Can Hamsters Eat Clovers? Clover can be a good addition to your hamster's diet for a number of reasons.

Clover is good for your hamster because:

Variety: Clover makes your hamster's food taste and feel different.

Nutrient Boost: Clover is good for your hamster's health because it has vitamins and minerals.

Risks of Giving Hamsters Clover

Can Hamsters Eat Clovers? When you give your hamster clover, like any other food, there are some risks to think about.

Risks of Giving Clover to Your Hamster:

Digestive Problems: The fiber in clover can cause digestive problems if you eat too much of it.

Chemical Exposure: Clover that comes from outside could have chemicals or pesticides on it that are bad for hamsters.

Risks of Giving Hamsters Clover

How hamsters get sick from eating too much clover

Can Hamsters Eat Clovers? When hamsters eat too much clover, they can show certain signs.

Signs that a hamster has been poisoned by clover:

Diarrhea: If you eat too much clover, you might have loose stools.

Lethargy: If your hamster eats too much clover, it could become sleepy.

Loss of Appetite: If your stomach hurts, you might not want to eat as much.

How Many Clovers Can a Hamster Eat?

Can Hamsters Eat Clovers? Clover should only be given in small amounts to avoid digestive problems.

The hamster's diet can only have so much clover:

A small amount of clover, about a gram, can be given as a treat once in a while.

Different options and extras

Can Hamsters Eat Clovers? Diversity is a key part of making sure that your hamster gets a balanced diet. Here are some healthy choices to think about:

Choices of Leafy Foods Rich in Nutrients for Your Hamster:

Dandelion Leaves: Dandelion leaves are a great supplement because they are full of important vitamins and minerals.

Romaine Lettuce: Not only does it help your hamster stay hydrated, but it also has fiber that helps its digestive system.

Basil Leaves: Basil has a unique flavor, and it might also be good for your pet's health.

Alternatives that are good for your hamster's health:

Fresh herbs like basil, parsley, and cilantro can make your hamster's food more tasty and healthy.

Safe Fruits: You can give them small amounts of apple or blueberries.

Commercial Hamster Pellets: Good quality hamster pellets have a good balance of all the essential nutrients.

Can Hamsters Eat Clovers? In conclusion, if you give your hamster clover in moderation and in a responsible way, it can be a tasty and healthy addition to its diet. By knowing the possible benefits and risks of clover and combining it with a well-balanced diet, you can help your hamster stay healthy and happy, creating a peaceful and fun environment for your furry friend.

Could a hamster have a clover?

Yes, hamsters can eat a small amount of clover.

Should I talk to a vet before giving Clover to my horse?

Before adding new foods to your hamster's diet, it's best to talk to a vet.

What are the signs of being poisoned by clover?

There may be diarrhea, tiredness, and a loss of appetite.

How should Hamsters get used to Clover?

Start with a small piece of clover and watch how your hamster reacts. If it doesn't bother them, give it to them occasionally as a treat.

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Can Bearded Dragons Eat Green Onions?

Onions are an indispensable ingredient in many dishes, but not suitable for bearded dragons due to their acid content being harmful for their delicate digestive systems. Furthermore, onions contain high levels of phosphorous to calcium ratio which could result in calcium deficiency for your reptiles.

Celery sticks and leaves can be fed regularly to beardies as can cucumbers. beardeddragon.cyou

They are poisonous

Green onions are a common ingredient in many diets and cuisines around the world, yet bearded dragons should never consume them. Even small amounts can lead to stomach ulcers and blisters for these reptiles due to being highly acidic for their delicate digestive systems. Therefore, it is advised that pet owners feed their bearded dragons vegetables and fruit to provide various sources of nutrition for optimal health.

Squash, collard greens, mustard greens and seedless watermelon are all safe for bearded dragons to eat, as are dandelions and cilantro as occasional snacks rather than as regular diet staples.

Bearded dragons can enjoy other fruits such as blackberries, cantaloupe and figs for their nutritional and health benefits, such as providing hydration as well as vitamins C and A. However, fruits should only account for 10% of their overall diet to avoid too much sugar which could lead to diabetes and other health issues.

They are acidic

Beardies are omnivorous fish, making a plant-dominated diet suitable. However, to keep them happy it's also essential that their diet includes animal products - they require at least 80% live insect protein from crickets or mealworms and grass should only be given in an environment free from pesticides.

Green onions (commonly known as scallions or spring onion) are generally safe for beardies to consume in moderation, since they have a milder flavor and less thiosulfate than other types of onions. You can feed green onions raw or cooked; in fact, green onions provide Vitamin A which young dragons require. Green onions should not be fed tomatoes due to moderately high oxalates levels while avocados contain toxic fungicidal toxins that could damage their gut linings; therefore avoid feeding young dragons these tasty green onion greens for optimal health!

They are high in phosphorus

Bearded dragons require a varied diet in order to remain healthy, including leafy greens, fruits, juvenile insects and juvenile foods such as vegetables such as carrots and cabbage which contain vitamins, minerals and fiber; plus acorn squashes like spaghetti squash as well as bell peppers which provide vital antioxidant support.

As a rule, it's best to avoid onions altogether, particularly green onions which contain toxic amounts of thiosulfate that could potentially poison your lizard - however if necessary scallions would make for much milder feed options and occasional treats; just ensure they're washed thoroughly beforehand! Other alternatives you could offer as treats would include snow or snap peas (particularly snow or snap), alfalfa hay/chow, kale/parsley as well as stink bugs which carry pesticides and contain harmful defensive chemicals that could harm their diets or pose dangers to their hosts - just avoid feedings in case your lizard!

They are unbalanced

Bearded dragons are omnivorous animals and require both plant- and animal-based foods for optimal health. To promote growth and vitality, they should consume an assortment of fruits, vegetables and insects such as crickets and mealworms as food sources. Furthermore, greens such as collard greens, turnip greens, kale spinach parsley bok choy Swiss chard watercress clover should also be fed regularly to your beardie. However green onions should be avoided at all costs since these could potentially cause stomach ulcers blisters acidity issues as well as liver damage!

Scallions offer an ideal alternative to green onions in terms of mildness and lower thiosulfate levels, though they should still only be fed occasionally and never as part of your pet's regular diet; no more than 10% should consist of onions. They may also cause respiratory issues in bearded dragons which could result in pneumonia if left untreated; symptoms include wheezing, coughing or difficulty breathing as well as food allergy-induced respiratory issues. Please visit here https://beardeddragon.cyou/  for more information.

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WHO'S READY FOR A BATSHIT HISTORY STORY

(TW serial murder, violence against sex workers, violence against women. All of this comes from The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream by Dean Jobb.)

So, Thomas Neill Cream, aka Dr. Cream, his actual real life name despite the fact that sounds like a porn that doesn't even take itself seriously, was a Victorian poisoner. He killed a number of people in multiple countries; he's often given as a "poisoner of prostitutes" which is 1) some ol bullshit 2) a pretty fuckin lofty way to put that he took vulnerable young women into his confidence, partied with them and/or paid them for services, then murdered them with fake drugs.

He meets this girl, Louise Harvey. They go out on some dates, at the end of one of them, he gives her some pills "for her complexion". Under his watchful eye, she takes them, and then poor Louise goes missing. Typical story from any murderer of this type; many victims of serial killers, especially those living lives as tenuous as Victorian sex workers, are never discovered or never found.

About a year later, they’re starting to close in on Dr. Cream. It’s the inquest for one of his other victims, Matilda Clover, and they’re trying desperately to connect the man with the MO. The door opens, and who walks in to testify but

LOUISE FUCKING HARVEY

History does not record whether she shouted “YOU SHOULD HAVE KILLED ME WHEN YOU HAD THE FUCKIN CHANCE” but we can all agree that was the vibe.

Flashback to: Louise is with Dr. Cream, he gives her some pills and gets way too intense about watching her take them. So this fuckin legend goes "nom nom nom, oh what great unmarked pills, so tasty" and palms them. Dr. Cream leaves immediately like "my work here is done!" and she, presumably, made a face like 😬

But it turns out Louise brought someone else with her, because she thought something was off from the jump. Their conversation goes unrecorded but I assume it went like:

"Hey, that weird doctor gave me just like some loose pills and was like way too into watching me take them." "...yeah, I don't think you should take those." "You fuckin think?!"

And she pitched them into the Thames. She had another date lined up with Dr. Cream, he never showed, on account of he had (he thought) already murdered her. Here's the best part: for completely unrelated reasons, she just up and moved away.

Nothing to do with the case, nothing to do with the attempted murder. My girl just had other things to do with her life than standing around waiting to get got by a cut-rate Jack the Ripper. She moved to Brighton, where she changed her name to get away from her past, and had no idea any of this was happening until she read the news of her own death in the paper, then she came back and testified against him at Matilda Clover’s inquest and at his eventual trial.

I love that for Dr. Cream that night ended everything. It was the sloppiest thing he ever did, and if she hadn’t rocked up, it’s possible he’d have still hung if they’d got him to trial but equally possible the inquest would have come out in his favor. But for her it was just a weird date she had one time. It's the perfect counterpoint to every true crime story where a woman will never, ever been known for being anything but a corpse. Dr. Cream lost, and Louise won, and history doesn’t even take him seriously because his name was Doctor Cream.

(And no, despite the story of his execution, Dr. Cream wasn't Jack the Ripper. He was fully in jail at the time, on a whole other continent, and physically couldn't have. So damn worried about Jack the Ripper. Get it together.)

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Could i request hcs of chef!s/o who likes making bentos everyday for them for lunch? Or generally likes cooking for them? Characters are jack, trey, jamil, sebek and azul. Thank you :)

Azul Ashengrotto: 

Azul was not prepared for your first act of kindness, tempted to test it for some sort of poison though he knows you presented it to him too eagerly for it to be some sort of murder attempt. He had been around you long enough you did this sort of thing out of the kindness of your heart but he was still wary to the point he started to feel guilty of suspecting you of something; perhaps you did have an ulterior motive but it was born of love and care for him who got so buried in his work he didn’t remember to eat at all. You were even observant enough to leave out fatty foods you knew he avoided but still put some tasty things inside so it wouldn’t be a total slog to get through, his heart swelling with appreciation at how lovingly this bento was prepared.

Jack Howl: 

Jack has to have a firm grip on his tail to stop it from wagging as you presented him with the delicious bento, his keen sense of smell picking up on the perfectly cooked meat you’d packed for him. His heart is an absolute mess in his chest and this sensation is unlike any other, having to bow his head and genuinely thank you for the meal. He always got this giddy feeling when you did something caring for him, knowing it wasn’t unusual for you to be aware of his needs but he didn’t want to appear ungrateful as you cooking for him wasn’t an obligation. A home-cooked meal is just the thing to get Jack pumped again and give him the energy needed to continue the rest of his day.

Jamil Viper: 

Cooking was the way to Jamil’s heart, more or less. You had first bonded over cooking together (even if he did still taste test your food before allowing Kalim to dig in as well) and he found that cooking beside you made it feel more fun and less like a task. Since he cooked so often he found the moments of reprieve when you brought him bentos to be a relief, not used to having someone dote on him but still thankful that you did so despite his awkward attempts at thanking you. Your cooking is without a doubt on par with his, and he always loved to see what spices you’d incorporated, playing a little guessing game while you were simply happy he got so much out of your food.

Sebek Zigvolt: 

Sebek couldn’t help but brag about what a wonderful cook you were, quite prideful in a talent that wasn’t even his own as he could talk endlessly about the magic you perform in the kitchen. He liked to watch you at work and while his gaze could be intimidating, you knew he was simply appreciating all the minor things you did that ended up creating a gourmet meal. He’s asked you a few times to cook something for Malleus which you knew to be a great honor, he really did love your cooking if he was willing to share it with his master.

Trey Clover: 

Trey felt bad that you went out of your way to prepare him something like this, trying to tell you that he did eat properly even if he was busy with schoolwork and in the dorm. When you won’t hear of it and continue to make him the lunch he knew this must be something for you as well, that you enjoyed the feeling of taking care of someone. He didn’t really mind as you were a good cook, plus, it would just be rude to not appreciate the hard work you put into making him lunch. Still, he wanted there to be an exchange of sorts and whenever he has the chance he baked you something so that when you came with a bento, he had something else to give to you in return.

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Foraging and Cultivation: How to Eat the Weeds Without Bugging the Bees

All photos in this article are taken by me. You can view my gallery here.

Here's some information for adventurous eaters.

Some people are understandably wary about eating foods that they can't get from a grocery store. Between concerns about animal feces and pesticides to stories about mushroom poisoning and death, we can all agree that it's not wise to just go outside, grab a healthy-looking berry, and shove it down your gullet. There is a right way to forage, and as a foraging veteran, I'm going to take you through some of the most important information you need to start your own foraging journey.

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The Universal Edibility Test

The first, and maybe most important, thing I want to talk about is, of course, how to avoid poisoning or death. Even if what you eat is not inherently poisonous, you can also be allergic to things it would never occur to a doctor to test you for. So, let's discuss best practices for gathering wild plants to prevent injury/death. Luckily, those who came before you have developed a great process for not getting killed while foraging.

Note that this is NOT a safe method for testing the edibility of mushrooms, which are much more difficult to identify and require a lot of study and experience. I may write another article regarding mushroom foraging at a later date, but it's very dangerous so for the purposes of this article, we are only going to discuss plants.

Pink springbank clovers are a tasty and vivid addition to a fresh salad.

"The U.S. Army created the Universal Edibility Test to help soldiers identify poisonous vs. edible plants while out in the field. The test is a standard in the U.S. Army Survival Field Manual ATP 3-50.21, and it appears in the SAS Survival Handbook written by former British Army officer and survival expert John Wisemen." - From GreenBelly.co

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The "Universal Edibility Test" is, as the name suggests, a method for determining the safety of consuming a plant you are unfamiliar with. Here is a very good, simple explanation of the way test works, via Backpacker:

1. Separate the plant into its various parts—roots, stems, leaves, buds, and flowers. Focus on only one piece of the plant at a time. 2. Smell it. A strong, unpleasant odor is a bad sign, as is a musty or rotting odor. Keep a special lookout for pear- or almond-like scents, which can be evidence of cyanide. 3. Test for contact poisoning by placing a piece of the plant on your inner elbow or wrist for 8 hours. If your skin burns, itches, feels numb, or breaks out in a rash, wash off your skin and don’t eat the plant. 4. If the plant passes the skin test, prepare a small portion the way you plan to eat it (boiling is always a good bet). 5. Before taking a bite, touch the plant to your lips to test for burning or itching. If there’s no reaction after 15 minutes, take a small bite, chew it, and hold it in your mouth for 15 minutes. If the plant tastes very bitter or soapy, spit it out and wash out your mouth. 6. If there’s no reaction in your mouth, swallow the bite and wait 8 hours. If there’s no ill effect, you can assume this part of the plant is edible. 7. Repeat the test for other parts of the plant; some plants have both edible and inedible parts. Starting to feel sick? Time to bring it up.

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Plant Identification

I would also like to add that if you are unsure of the species of plant you are about to eat, make sure you keep some of it in case you need to have it identified in order to get treatment. Additionally, always have a friend or family member check on you after eating something unfamiliar or questionable so they can call an ambulance or poison control if necessary. Follow the instructions of medical personnel and do not try to induce vomiting or drink water or milk to dilute poison unless advised by a medical professional. Keep updated medical information in your wallet on your person for emergency personnel to reference.

A good identification photo contains as much detail about the plant as possible, including the shape/texture of the leaves, the flowers, stems, and fruit.

Of course, and as the article points out, the single best way to avoid poisoning is to make a positive ID on the plant before consuming it. Plant identification is a challenging skill, but one that is very fun to learn. Some plants look different depending on the season. Some look poisonous, but are perfectly safe. Some may just give you a stomachache or taste awful. Others might look gross, but taste quite good. I'll provide some examples of good eats that are common and easy to identify at the bottom of this article.

How should you go about identifying a plant, though? There are a lot of ways to do it. For my part, I recommend getting a second opinion as often as possible. Take a picture of every part of the plant; the leaves, flowers if there are any, and the roots. Take note of the color of the sap. The more mature a plant is, the easier it is to identify. Share the pictures on a platform such as iNaturalist to get opinions and identification assistance from experts in the field. You can also view thousands of pictures of plants, look up the species commonly found near you, and find out which plants are invasive and which are native to your area. Pl@ntNet is another similar platform. You can also download mobile apps to identify plants on the go. iNat has a particularly good one.

From there, it's pretty easy to Google the name of the plant + edibility. If the answer is 'yes', please make sure you confirm which parts of the plant are edible. It is common for some parts to be edible and for others to be inedible/poisonous, as with some nightshades (where the fruit or root is edible, but the leaves and stems are not; ex: potatoes, tomatoes). The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service provides this very informative guide. Masterclass also provides a handy checklist for plant identification.

In general, to positively ID a plant with the most possible accuracy, you need to make a note/take a picture of these things:

The location and season in which you found the plant.

Any distinct characteristics on stalks and branches.

The size, shape, and arrangement of the leaves.

The characteristics of any fruits and flowers on the plant.

Any barbs or hairs on the plant, known as trichomes.

The root system, needed to determine if the plant grows from rhizomes, bulbs, or tubers.

Get a second and third opinion whenever possible. With time and practice, you'll start to notice the otherwise subtle differences between many kinds of plants, and you'll learn about some surprising relationships between them.

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Ethical Foraging Guidelines

Of course, just because we've found a tasty weed outside doesn't mean we should run out and pick every instance of it we find. There is an ethical--and, importantly, legal--way to forage. If we just go around picking every plant in the hopes of eating it, we're robbing wildlife of their meals. Many pollinating species of bees, beetles, and butterflies rely on specific plants for eating and hosting their eggs, so we need to minimize how much of that we take from them. The USDA NRCS also has a good guide for protecting pollinators when farming and landscaping, but the rules are a bit different when it comes to foraging, since we're going into their habitats and messing with things rather than the other way around.

When foraging, it is important to be considerate of pollinators that help the plants we eat grow and propagate.

First and foremost, learn about your local environment. You can learn a lot about your area using this handy tool from the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Next, learn from the experts by asking staff at local regional and state parks about the legality and availability of foraging foods. Many have free educational events and classes that explore the subject and help you broaden your understanding of the environment in general. You can pick up a lot of good local wisdom from these events. If you do not have access to these services, however, you can also do some online classes here, here, and here.

Plan ahead. Chart a course and make sure you have everything you need. I always bring water, a small cooler, a pair of sharp, clean plant shears, a spade, a pocket knife, a small garbage bag for cleaning up litter, and an extra battery for my camera. Dress appropriately for the weather. Make sure your phone is charged and people know where you are and when to worry if they don't hear from you. Carrying bear spray on you doesn't hurt either, although do please remember to consider the direction of the wind so you don't accidentally spray yourself instead.

Do your due diligence in identifying the plant and investigating its status before just picking it. Ideally, you should choose a couple of species you already know to be edible and just pick those while you are out. It is wasteful and damaging to the environment to pick plants you don't recognize, only to find out you've pulled a rare native plant that certain species rely on to survive.

Harvest conservatively. Take only what you are certain you will eat, because every plant you take means many meals fewer will be available for local wildlife.

Leave the place better than you found it. If you notice trash, pick it up and dispose of it in the proper receptacles. Do not litter, do not attempt to alter the landscape (chopping down trees, burning or clearing "undesirable" plants, taking rocks, etc.), do not disturb dens or nests, and don't drive or walk off of the path. Soil compaction is a real thing.

Know the law regarding what is legal to pick and where it is legal to pick from. Some state and regional parks only allow foraging at certain times, and many do not allow it at all.

Devon Young goes into a little more detail on Learning Herbs.

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Transplanting Wild Edibles

When it comes to ethical foraging though, perhaps the single most ethical thing you can do is just grow these plants yourself. You can easily order seeds online that you can plant and grow in a pot or in your yard. Some of them are quite beautiful and most are very easy to grow. If you don't want to order them online, consider collecting seeds instead, but please remember to limit what you take so that the plants are able to properly propagate in the wild. You can learn how to harvest seeds from this article by Michigan State University.

I strongly encourage anybody interested in foraging to

It is also possible to transplant weeds. You may find a weed you like on a neighbor's lawn, and with their permission, you can dig it up and plant it in your own yard. Here's a cool video from Youtube that shows you how to do just that.

Avoid doing this with weeds from parks and other wild areas, however, because the further the plants have to travel before they are planted the less likely they are to survive, and that is wasteful. If you bring a pot and some soil, they may travel longer if you replant them right away.

Also, do be aware of the environment you are taking them from, as you obviously do not want to eat any plants that have been serving as a neighborhood dog or cat's latrine. A good place to take them from is your own backyard, provided you follow the above guidelines. Gathering and growing seeds wild circumvent this issue.

Always wash plants thoroughly before consumption. That will also help you avoid accidentally consuming any bugs.

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And that's it! That's how you can forage and eat adventurously without making a mess and disrupting your environment.

If you're from the east bay area/northern California, I can share some of my favorite weeds to eat.

Broadleaved Pepperweed

Bull Thistle

Cobwebby Thistle

Common Chickweed

Creeping Woodsorrel (limit due to oxalic acids)

Crane's Bill/Wild Geraniums

Fireweed

Hairy/Purple Vetch

Miner's Lettuce

Wild Mustard

Wild Radish

You can even find some recipes here.

Enjoy responsibly. ❁❀✿✾

[balkanradfem]

Compilation of new stupid things I've done ft. Herbalism

So, someone suggested a herbalist to my post about female youtubers. I wanted to learn herbalism since forever, but for some reason, I didn't expect this knowledge to be available on youtube, I thought I'd have to find an old witch for this. I started watching this content with extreme excitement, and the first things I learned about are 'nourishing herbal infusions'. I've never heard of this before, but the herbalist said it's done like this:

You get about 300 grams of a dry plant in a clean jar, pour boiling hot water to the top of the jar, close the lid. Leave it on the counter to cool, then leave overnight in the fridge. Next morning you strain and they're ready to drink!

And she advises not to use herbs that are very fragnant, as that would be dangerous. She suggested nettle, linden, oatstraw, red clover. The logic behind it is that the water will break the plant down and draw out a lot of nutrients, and some medicinal properties, which you can then drink in liquid form! Nettle infusion will have a lot of calcium, iron and minerals, repair your energy levels and help regulate your hormones, and so on (I forgot what the rest are good for).

So, as soon as I had that much info, I rushed to the kitchen, to my herb stash. I had already eaten all dry nettle at that point, but I had  a lot of linden! Linden infusion it is. I stuffed a full jar of it, poured boiling water, left it overnight in the fridge. It looked so beautiful, golden in color, twinkling light glowing thru it. It also tasted incredible. Like the tastiest ice tea you could imagine.

However.. it made my heartrate go thru the roof. I was having palpitations like crazy. I still drank it because it was super tasty. People here actually say very often 'too much linden is bad for the heart' which I disregarded. So, I still wanna make more infusions at this point, and I search for whatever I have a lot in stock; I had elderflower! Surely thats not too fragnant..

It was. One should not do this. That potion made me physically shaking. It didn't bother me that much but it was weird, and the taste was too strong. I had to throw half of it away. Sad.

This is also when I found out you're only supposed to use linden in half-dosage. So I tried linden infusion again in a low dose. Nope. Still increases heartrate. Sad.

At this point I also used google and found out that herbalism is filled with drama lately; apparently there's a popular herbalist on the rise and other herbalists are very concerned with dangerous and reckless advice she's giving. A person in a blog post said how nettle infusion was drying her out, because nettle is very drying, and it's better to use violet leaf infusion, which is hydrating, gentle, better tasting and overall nicer. I was very intrigued; I also saw a video from the herbalist listing violet leaf as a medicine against anxiety, stress, throat problems, breathing problems, lung issues, breast cysts, like everything you could ever want out of your life. So now I'm thinking I gotta try this out! She points out how violet leaf is extremely easy to identify, and I believe her, so I go out, to all the places I found violets early spring, and I get some leaves that looked similar to what she was showing.

I make tea from those leaves, and it knocks me out. I was sedated. I literally cared about nothing for the entire day after drinking this tea. It was a drug level medicine. It was also, extremely beautiful and tasty. Like a dream drug. I had it 3 days in a row, because I would soon need it to counter the effects of the other one: The nettle infusion.

Nettle infusion... was also like drugs, but with the opposite effect. It made me hyperactive, happy, filled with energy; it worked within seconds of drinking. It was also drying my throat, but did I care? No. I struggle with chronic exhaustion, and nettle offered me endless energy – of course I immediately over-worked myself into collapsing, because I'm not used to having a lot of energy. It was the new magic. It was filled with calcium and tasted like milk – so I thought, maybe I could use this as a milk replacement in cooking? And I did and it works. I had the best pancakes I had in years.

The power of herbalism at this point had me shocked, after years of calcium deficiency and cooking without milk, I just had it all now? And energy too? God-level plant powers.

I did start acting very weird. All my friends were telling me I was an addict, and as I got back from foraging with 3kg worth of nettle, that I splayed over a whole bed to dry, I felt that maybe, this was not the normal human behaviour. Maybe they were right. But then I thought, it would be a way bigger problem to run out of dry nettle.

I still haven't tried that promising, magical violet leaf infusion at this point; I felt a little apprehensive, because if even the lightest tea sedated me so severely, wouldn't an infusion of that put me in a coma? Still, I wanted to try. It was extremely lucky that I didn't. Because when I went to harvest more of those violet leaves – which I kept finding everywhere, for some reason, I discovered they were not, in fact, violet leaves. For the first time I found a yellow flower in it, and froze. I knew that flower to be poisonous.

The biggest danger of uneducated messing with plants is accidentally ingesting something poisonous, and it's exactly what I did. The leaves looked enough like violet leaves – to someone who didn't handle violet leaves before and didn't know the texture of them. I researched this yellow flower and its leaves; every article said it was toxic. But I haven't had any poisoning symptoms, even after drinking that tea for days in a row. I finally found a big long article that explained 'The toxic component in this plant can be neutralized by drying or cooking, then it might work as an analgesic'. And I knew I was okay. Because I was drying and cooking the leaves. I didn't poison myself by sheer luck. And if it was analgesic, the sedation effect made sense as well.

I am so mad these leaves are poison, you know why? They taste sweet.  I tried a tiny bit to see if it's violet and it tasted sweet. They called out to me. And the beauty of this tea? Beyond any other tea. Just staring at this tea makes me feel all calm and happy- Look at this!

I was drinking that tea out of the jar for the aesthetics and stared at it hypnotized by its beauty! It looks literally like the most healthy, medicinal, calming magic tea. That is cheating.

I decided in the end, to keep the leaves. Since they're not poisonous dried, and only had a very sedating effect on me, I decided I accidentally discovered a good sedative. I need to keep this witchy tea aesthetics, and using a neutralized poisonous plant I discovered by experimenting on my own body, just makes me so much cooler. But seriously kids don't get poisoned. I'm writing this to tell you that plants are powerful, and they're dangerous, and one should research extensively before trying every herbalist trick they hear about. I of course, will be learning the hard way, but you all should be careful! And I guess have some nettle infusion if you're tired. That shit is crazy.

[mcgeez9040]

Here it IS the cookie u been waiting

Mummy cookie🥳

Sketch

Pretty simple

Final project!

Reference

Personality

Shy baby

shy but he bites (as self defense)

99% of time is hiding behind licorice(or hiding somewhere else)

Clumsy with his bandages

Sneak behind to snap your dingling neck or burn you...

Likes:

Calm music (make him calm even fall asleep sometimes)

Poison mushroom (tasty)

Shiny things (or glowing things but doesn't steal)

Dislike

Bugs (try to eat his bandages)

Loud noises (bother him alot)

Crowd places (same reason for loud noises)

Cold

Powers🙌

With his tendrils he can spill spicy sauce! (lead to give them burn status)

Plus able to take high temperatures (duh his from desert..)

(Plus able to dig)

Weakness👀

Cold temperatures (highly not used to cold temperatures)

Water (ruin his bandages)

💖Bonds 💖

Spooky gang?...

Werewolf cookie

Vampire cookie

Mummy cookie

Story📖

At the Sparkling bar. Celebrating a spooky festival and other cookies thought they were wearing customs

Mummy felt accepted with other cookies for once (besides the enchatress gang)

👑Master and servant👑

Licorice cookie

Mummy cookie

Story📖

Much more detailed how licorice awaken him

And the events after licorice awaken mummy

🌶️Who's is the spiciest?!🌶️

Chilli cookie

Mummy cookie

Upgrade: mala sauce

Story📖

Mala sauce wants to know who IS the SPICIEST among the 3

And in the end was a draw between mala and mummy

🌨️You are too much...🌨️

Snow sugar cookie

Mummy cookie

Story📖

Snow sugar introduce to him what is snow and didn't liked in the end

Scrap ideas of bonds

"shy too?" (Strawberry cookie and mummy bond over they shyness)

"have i seen you before?" (Adventurer cookie thinks he meet mummy before... But mummy doesn't recognize him...)

"can rest at peace" (clover calms mummy with his melodies... Oh he even fall asleep)

If u have a question be free to ask

@anonry99 here the post i made for them

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

I just...want to work in the garden and do nothing else. Stop only to eat and pee. I go in when the daylight’s done. And then all I want to do is look at more plants I can order and talk about my garden. All my plants are native to Ontario or nearby. All with edible parts except one. So. Plant species I have/am getting this year are:

001. Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) The red-flowered cultivar seems to have died over the winter, but the non-cultivar is growing strong and is also creeping past the stone border to become one with the grass. lol

002. Actaea racemosa (black snakeroot/black cohosh) Next weekend!

003. Agastache foeniculum (anise hyssop) Literally migrated from the place I planted it to a place it likes better, I guess. As in, there is no plant where I planted, but there is an anise hyssop in another part of that bed. You do you.

004. Allium canadense (meadow garlic/Canada garlic) Spreading slowly but reliably and super tasty.

005. Allium cernuum (nodding onion) It has flowered each year--this is year 4--but hasn’t spread at all. Very tasty, and I’ve bought some friends to help it along.

006. Allium schoenoprasum (chives/wild chives) Absolutely yum and doing very well.

007. Allium stellatum (prairie onion/autumn onion) Hopefully coming by the end of this month!

008. Allium tricoccum (ramps/wild leek) It will be quite some time before it even makes flowers which hopefully let it spread, so I won’t be able to reap the benefits for a while. But, both plants did come up this year and have now died back as expected. Hopefully they’ll continue to come up.

009. Amelanchier canadensis (Canadian serviceberry) Caterpillars. Are. EATING IT. Gypsy moth caterpillars. This is going to be a problem for some time until they pupate, I guess. Plant’s generally okay, though. I won’t be getting fruit anytime soon, though.

010. Anaphalis margaritacea (pearly everlasting) Very healthy plants keeping the sunflowers under some control. This spring was my first year eating the shoots. Can’t say anything about the taste specifically, as they went into a pasta sauce, but that sauce was delicious.

011. Andromeda polifolia (bog rosemary) Next weekend!

012. Aquilegia brevistyla (smallflower columbine) Growing very well, more flowers this year. Next year I’ll eat some (flowers, only the flowers are edible).

013. Aquilegia canadensis (Canada columbine/red columbine) Flower stalk doesn’t seem as tall this year, but it still has a lot of flowers. They’re a lovely refreshing sweet snack (just the flowers).

014. Arabis alpina (alpine rockcress) Next weekend! I had one last year, but it didn’t survive the winter. The poor thing was so root-bound there was no soil in the pot, so I’m not surprised it didn’t make it. Hopefully the new one will be in better condition.

015. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (bearberry/kinnikinnick/pinemat manzanita) Not doing great and I’m not sure why. That area is reasonably well-drained and it gets part sun, part shade. Oh well. Maybe I’ll move it to the hill in the back. It seemed to like the hill I had it on at my old apartment.

016. Argentina anserina (silverweed cinquefoil) Hopefully coming by the end of this month!

017. Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) It came up! I was sure it had died last year. But no, it’s fine. Male this year. Hopefully female next year (I’m trying to see if the berries can be dried into edibility like the corms, and if they can I want to make jam or something with them).

018. Armeria maritima (thrift sea-pink) Drooping! It’s a drought-tolerant plant that will die if over-watered so I don’t water it more than once a week and I don’t water deeply, but it’s been hot so maybe it needs more or maybe I managed to overwater it anyway. Frick. Flowering very nicely though.

019. Aronia melanocarpa (black chokeberry) Doing just fine. No flowers and I don’t expect them for another couple of years at least, but it’s growing well.

020. Artemisia frigida (prairie sagewort/fringed sagebrush) Already spreading in the bed. Should look very nice when it fills in.

021. Aruncus dioicus (bride’s feathers/goat’s beard/buck’s beard) Growing more quickly than the internet told me it would! And going to flower this year too, which will be lovely.

022. Asarum canadense (Canada ginger) Doing fine for now, but burnt a lot in the sun last year. Likely to do so again. I’m going to plant something in front of it to shade it better. See, I wouldn’t have put it there if it was full sun because it’s a shade to part sun plant, but that area isn’t full-sun, it’s part sun; however, the sunlight it does get is very strong in the summer and the poor thing gets burnt.

023. Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed) Growing like a beast! Flowers were gorgeous last year. I don’t expect this to be any different, and maybe some monarch butterflies will pay it a visit.

024. Asclepias ovalifolia (oval leaf milkweed/dwarf milkweed) Hopefully coming by the end of this month!

025. Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Mine seemed to come up much more slowly than those I’ve seen elsewhere, but it is a fairly young plant. I expect it will come up earlier next year. And it’s doing fine now.

026. Asclepias tuberosa (butterflyweed) Hasn’t come up yet, but they can take till middle of June to start emerging, so I’m not going to worry about it yet.

027. Asimina triloba (pawpaw) All three trees are alive, though with very different rates of growth. I got them at the same size at the same time, but in trying to figure out what the best thing was for them, I planted one on a hill next to the door of my at-the-time apartment, one by the fence at the opposite side of the yard, and the third I kept in a pot, which I brought in for the winter. That spring, the potted tree leafed out first at the end of April, and the one on the hill in the middle of May. The third didn’t bud at all. I continued to water it, but I was sure it was dead. Then the house my apartment was in caught fire so I had to go to a new place (same landlords, so still allowed to plant on the new property) and didn’t want to leave my plants behind. It was the end of June. All my plants were potted. and I was going to leave the lifeless stick behind AND THEN IT SUDDENLY HAD BUDS. So I potted it and took it too. All three survived the transplant, but the tree I had initially taken inside (but is now outside) is the biggest, and that little stick is still the smallest. lol

028. Asplenium trichomanes (maidenhair spleenwort) Very little still, but seems healthy. I hope for its fronds to spill over my newly constructed garden wall when it’s bigger.

029. Athyrium felix-femina (lady fern) Doing very well, as a fern that can tolerate full sun.

030. Caltha palustris (marsh marigold) It is a marsh plant and there is no pond on the property to plant it, but there is a leaking eavestrough, which I thought would do well enough along with heavy watering. So far I have been correct.

031. Campanula rotundifolia (harebell) Very lush and green. I struggled to keep it alive that first year, but three years later it’s perfect.

032. Cardamine concatenata (cutleaf toothwort) Sometime this summer!

033. Castilleja miniata (paintbrush) Sometime this summer!

034. Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey tea) Not ready to use in tisanes yet, but growing well.

035. Cerastium arvense (field chickweed) The first two years the thing was barely alive, but this year’s it’s moment to shine as it spreads and flowers.

036. Cercis canadensis (redbud) No flowers this spring, but wonderful foliage. Fingers crossed for next year.

037. Comptonia peregrina (sweetfern) Next weekend!

038. Coreopsis lanceolata (lance-leaved tickseed) The first plant I attempted died, but this one’s doing very well.

039. Cornus canadensis (bunchberry) Next weekend! I mean, my plant from last year would likely be fine if the squirrels hadn’t dug it up, as would the one before that (because that one came from the old place and had survived the winter just fine!). So, I’m going to plant the new one in a different spot and hope the fluffy-tailed rodents leave the poor thing alone this time.

040. Cornus florida (flowering dogwood) Just a baby still, but its leaves are nice and green. I had one before it that really liked the hill I had planted it on back at the old place but died in the pot before I could put it in its new home.

041. Cystopteris bulbifera (berry bladder fern) Doing just fine. I love my ferns.

042. Dalea purpurea (purple prairie clover) Hopefully coming by the end of this month!

043. Deschampsia caespitosa (tufted hair grass) Not doing too well. Was fine last year, so I’m not sure what’s going on.

044. Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower) I’ve always loved these. They’re edible, medicinal (with caution), have lovely flowers, and attract lots of pollinators including bees and butterflies. Mine is doing perfectly. No flowers yet this year, but very green healthy foliage.

046 Erythronium americanum (trout lily/dogtooth violet) Still no flowers this spring, but they did come up, so maybe next year.

047. Eupatorium purpureum (sweet-scented Joe Pye weed/gravel root/purple Joe Pye weed) Soon! Also, do you know how this is eaten? Its root is literally burnt and then you use the ashes to flavour your food. The plant is otherwise poisonous, so how it was found out that it could be used this way conjures up amusing scenarios for me.

048. Fragaria vesca (woodland strawberry/wild strawberry/alpine strawberry) I have strawberries! They’re far from ripe yet, but developing well. They’re also spreading over the hill I planted them on and will hopefully give the garlic mustard and dog-strangling vine a run for their money.

049. Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry/Virginia strawberry/common strawberry/mountain strawberry) Because one native species of strawberry isn’t enough, I have both. This one is also making strawberries and nicely filling out the area I put it in.

050. Galium boreale (northern bedstraw) Newly planted! The first one of these I planted didn’t survive the winter, but I hadn’t been able to plant it until autumn (because I hadn’t yet been told where I could plant). This one has the rest of spring, the whole summer, and fall until frost to establish itself, and I’ve seen a number of them growing wild at the edge of the ravines, so it should be fine.

051. Gaultheria procumbens (American wintergreen/eastern teaberry/boxberry/checkerberry) Next weekend! I actually already have one and have had it for a couple years, but it’s another that came so root-bound there wasn’t any soil in the pot. I planted it hoping for the best, but it seems to be in a very slow decline. So I’m going to plant another one, hopefully not so root-bound and that will maybe either give it a boost (plants of the same species will often help each other when sick by transferring nutrients) or else take over when the first one dies.

052. Geum aleppicum (yellow avens) I didn’t plant this, and I can’t find it for sale anywhere anyway, but it’s a common plant that shows up as a weed. Being native as well as edible, it’s allowed to stay wherever it isn’t directly in my way.

053. Geum canadense (white avens) Same as above. lol Anyway, both species have attractive foliage. They’re likely not used as garden plants because of how common they are as weeds and because their flower stalks are long and leggy. But I’m happy to have them.

054. Geum rivale (purple avens) Newly planted! This one is offered as a garden plant, though fairly rare, and I’ve finally got my hands on one! All of the Geum species in my garden seem to be doing just fine, so I expect this will fine too. It’s the first plant I’ve put in a new area that doesn’t drain very well which makes it perfect for plants like this one that grow in clay on stream banks.

055. Geum triflorum (prairie smoke) Green leaves. Flower stalks up. This is a pretty reliable plant because it doesn’t die back in the winter, it just sort of sits there waiting for spring and then resumes growth like nothing happened. The first year it drooped a lot but once it established itself there was no stopping it and the transplant went smoothly too.

056. Grindelia squarrosa (gumweed) Hopefully coming by the end of this month!

057. Helianthus divaricatus (woodland sunflower) This is a sunflower that can actually stand a fair bit of shade. I thought mine had died last year due to the foliage and stemming dying back after a squirrel broke it and it and it was still summer. But it’s come up this year and I’m starting to think nothing short of cooking a sunflower’s roots will actually kill it.

058 and 059. Helianthus nuttalli (Nuttall’s sunflower/common tall sunflower) and Helianthus pauciflorus (stiff sunflower/beautiful sunflower) All I know is, I ordered both, I received two small plants, by the time I got them in the ground they were barely alive, that area is now being overtaken by sunflowers, and it could be one species, or it could be both, I don’t know. I did thin out some shoots this spring and add them to a very flavourful pasta sauce. I also thinned out a bunch of their roots last fall. To look at them, you wouldn’t know that either of these had happened, and I’m going to have to thin out more. They’re also putting up shoots between the stones of the cement path. There will be sunflowers here until the end of time.

060. Helianthus tuberosus (sunchoke/Jerusalem artichoke/suntato) Because I don’t learn, I planted yet another sunflower species last year, in a different area, because dammit I want my suntatoes that taste like artichokes. I planted one last year. I took and ate a bunch of tubers in the fall. There are currently five plants. This should be interesting.

061. Heliopsis helianthoides (false sunflower/sweet oxeye) After getting off to a rocky start last year, this one’s doing just fine, and also looks to be living up to its resemblance to sunflowers in more than just appearance.

062. Hibiscus moscheutos (swamp rose mallow) One of them appears to have died so I hope the other isn’t headed the same direction. Seems to be coming up normally though. Also I learned the flowers can change colour from year to year which was a huge surprise to me from the first year to the second. No idea what it will be like this year.

063. Hierochloe odorata (sweet grass/vanilla grass) It flowered last year, which was lovely. I hope it does so again this year. Foliage is nice and green anyhow.

064. Humulus lupulus (common hop) Growing nicely now, though its first several shoots died this year. It seems to just be a very impatient plant in the springtime despite not being very frost hardy. So it put out shoots, which died in the frost, and then put out more, which also died, etc. until finally there was no more frost so it just kept growing. That’s one way to do it, I guess. lol Most other frost-tender plants tend to be more cautious about when they put out new growth.  had a hop plant at my old apartment, which really liked the place I put I put it in, but it died when I potted it to try and take with me.

065. Impatiens capensis (jewelweed/spotted touch-me-not) Hopefully coming by the end of this month!

066. Juglans nigra (black walnut) This tree has likely been on this property since before I was born. I tapped it spring before last. I’ll tap it next spring too. Seems to be a healthy tree.

067. Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel) They’re not native to Ontario but they are native to eastern North America, in the Appalachian mountains. I figured if they could survive mountain weather they could handle south Ontario winters, and so far it has. It’s not edible but I fell in love with them a long time ago when reading David Attenborough’s The Secret Life of Plants. And they’re making buds this year!

068. Lactuca canadensis (Canadian lettuce) Yes! We have a native lettuce. Most people will pull it up as a weed along with dandelions and thistles, though. I let it stay wherever possible. It’s not like I can just buy a new one, so I count myself lucky when they come up in my garden.

069. Lilium michiganense (Michigan lily) It made smaller ones, but they don’t seem to have survived for whatever reason. The older ones are very robust this year, though, and are budding with what looks like will be many flowers.

070. Lilium philadelphicum (wood lily) Newly planted! I have not had much luck with these, but hopefully this year’s the year. I have two plants, so maybe they’ll help each other.

071. Lindera benzoin (spicebush) No flowers or butterflies yet, but it’s a healthy bush and lives up to its name.

072. Linum lewisii (blue flax) Newly planted! I’ve wanted these for a long time but the places that carried them either wouldn’t deliver or didn’t have them as plugs or potted stock (I find seeds too unreliable). But now I have a couple in the large stone garden pot that I specifically filled with dirt that would allow for good drainage, for those plants that can survive the cold but not sitting in water.

073. Lupinus perennis (sundial lupine) Soon! Or I already have it. Not sure. See, I was sent an email by the company saying I’d probably accidentally gotten a bigleaf lupine instead and they gave me a coupon for the following spring to get a confirmed sundial lupine, but there is a chance I already have it. Either way it’s a nice plant, so whether I have two plants of the same species or two different species is fine.

074. Lupinus polyphyllus (bigleaf lupine/common lupine) I actually haven’t been able to find this species available for delivery anywhere, so if that is what I currently have, then I’m delighted and this is the best plant mixup that could possibly happen (there have been a number). Whatever it is is a very attractive plant even with just the foliage. I hope it makes flowers this year.

075. Mahonia repens (creeping Oregon grape) Speaking of plant mixups! The first time I ordered this I got a Potentilla nepalensis instead. I didn’t know it at the time, as it had a tag saying “Mahonia repens”, but then it flowered...I wouldn’t have minded terribly much if it had been a native Potentilla species, but “nepalensis” is definitely not that. Well, I emailed the company with a photo and they promptly delivered not one, but two creeping Oregon grape plants, and both seem to be doing okay, making new growth, survived the winter, which the potentilla did not.

076. Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal) They seem to be doing well! They flowered, but I don’t know if there will be berries. Next year maybe, but then you don’t really see Maianthemum berries until late summer, so maybe there will be a couple this year.

077. Mentha arvensis (wild mint) It’s doing exactly what mint does. Tastes wonderful, which is a great reason for thinning it out and pulling it out from between the sidewalk stones.

078. Mertensia paniculata (tall bluebells) Currently flowering. Despite the name, though they do grow taller than their cousin the Virginia bluebells, I wouldn’t say they’re a bigger plant overall. Very nice though. The flowers are a delicate light blue.

079. Mertensia virginica (Virginia bluebells) When I planted the rootstock in the early summer and nothing came up at all, I thought they had died. But nope! They came up vigorously this spring, with huge leaves and incredibly blue flowers. The flowers are don and it’s starting to die back now, but what a gorgeous springtime plant it is.

080. Monarda didyma (scarlet beebalm) My theory is if you put two members of the mint family next to each other, they’ll keep each other at bay. I’m probably wrong. Anyway, this is already spreading in two directions. Last year caterpillars at a lot of its flowers. I hope that won’t happen this year.

081. Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) Has become a very big plant, but politely hasn’t really left it’s immediate area. They make great dried flowers after the winter, by the way, as the seedheads retain the scent. Especially if you squeeze them.

082. Monarda punctata (horsemint) This is starting to fill out now, but compared to the other members of its genus took a very long time to go past a teeny tiny little growth. Last year it got huge shortly after I planted it, so we’ll see if it does that this year. I hope so. The bees, wasps, and other pollinators absolutely loved it.

083. Myosotis laxa (smallflower forget-me-not) I didn’t plant it, I can’t even find it available for sale. It just grows as a weed. It’s just as blue as other forget-me-nots, but with stems that are very leggy and even smaller flowers than the popular garden species. But it’s native so it stays where it’s not directly in my way. It’s very prolific, lots of plants in the garden.

084. Myrica gale (sweet gale/bog myrtle) Only just started making new growth. It seems to be on its way out and I’m not sure why, but it makes me sad. I think last year was really hard on it being so hot so early and I didn’t have a hose then, so I was stuck carrying buckets of water up from my apartment in the basement. But I have a hose this year and I’ve been watering regularly, so maybe, just maybe, it will spring back into action this year. It’s such a pretty bush when in full foliage and the leaves taste like green tea.

085. Oenothera fruticosa (narrow-leaved sundrops) Next weekend! I’ve grown another species which has finished its lifecycle (they’re biennial) and sadly doesn’t seem to have successfully reseeded itself. But maybe this one will.

086. Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) This poor thing struggled hard last year. I planted it between a tree and the house, but it still got a lot of sunlight. Still, it came up this year, and in my experience, second year plants tend to be much more hardy, so we’ll see. It’s doing fine for now.

087. Opuntia fragilis (fragile prickly pear) I did put it in a fairly dry area that gets full sun, but it does struggle in the winter and spring. It is starting to bounce back, though, just like it did last year, and the pieces it scattered are making roots of their own. All of whom are spiky bastards.

088. Opuntia humifusa (eastern prickly pear/devil’s tongue) This did just fine. I had it in a big stone pot which I moved to an area that gets no rain or snow on it, and it’s making new growth now that I’ve moved the pot back into the full sun. It like to spike me whenever I move the pot.

089. Osmundastrum cinnamomeum (cinnamon fern) Next weekend!

090. Oxalis stricta (yellow woodsorrel/sourgrass) It’s not technically native to Ontario, but it is native to Michigan and moved up here decades or possibly centuries ago. I didn’t plant it and you can’t find it in stores because it’s considered a weed, but it is coming up in my garden, it doesn’t hurt anything, and it is a delicious little plant, so it stays.

091. Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) I didn’t have to buy this because it was already in the yard (it’s common in the ravines), but if it wasn’t I would have, because it’s gorgeous and I like the taste of the berries. It’s a native relative of Boston ivy, so if you’re wanting a wall climber, please get Virginia creeper instead. They’re available at a lot of garden centres and online.

092. Phlox divaricata (woodland phlox/blue phlox) It’s growing, but I think one of the white avens is overcrowding it, so I’ll probably dig that one up and eat it so the phlox can have more space.

093. Podophyllum peltatum (mayapple) Three plants in last year. One plant up this year. Oh well. It’s growing nicely, so hopefully it will spread.

094. Polygonatum biflorum (smooth Solomon’s seal) Hopefully coming by the end of this month!

095. Polystichum achrosticoides (Christmas fern) It doesn’t die back in the winter! I mean, the leaves get kind of yellowed, but otherwise just hangs out and makes new growth in spring. My first attempt with ferns (ostrich ferns) was a failure, but so far all my other fern species have been successful and are currently thriving.

096. Prunus americana (American plum) It’s very top heavy when leafed so it flops over whenever it rains which is kind of funny, but it seems to be doing fine.

097. Prunus nigra (black plum/Canada plum) My first black plum died, but this one seems fine.

098. Prunus pumila (sand cherry) Soon! And it better bloody be a sand cherry and not a purple-leaf sandcherry, which is a hybrid, like the last company I ordered one from sent me. But that company didn’t specialize in native plants and carried both plants, whereas this company does specialize in native plants and does not advertise the hybrid at all.

099. Prunus serotina (black cherry) This is the very cherry that is used to flavour black cherry ice cream! But my little tree (not that little anymore lmao) hasn’t made flowers yet. It has nice foliage though it keeps trying to grow into the neighbour’s fence. Don’t know why. The sun doesn’t come from there. Maybe it will flower next spring.

100. Pycnanthemum tenufolium (slender mountain mint) Despite being part of the mint family, this is actually a very polite plant so far that stays in its immediate area.

101. Pycnanthemum virginiana (Virginia mountain mint) Just as polite as its cousin. My first died and I blame the person who lived in another unit who decided that garden bed was an ash tray. I managed to put a stop to that, got all the cigarettes out, dug out a stump, added new dirt, and planted a new Virginia mountain mint as well as bride’s feathers. That particular tenant isn’t there anymore and nobody else does anything with the outside, except to put a garden hyacinth there, which I’ve left in its pot and been watering. I’m not just going to leave the poor thing to die. Anyway, the Virginia mountain mint flowered last year and I hope it does so again this year.

102. Ratibida columnifera (yellow coneflower/upright prairie coneflower) Newly planted! I don’t like to get the cultivar versions if I can avoid it, but I will if that’s all that’s available, or in this case, to get the plants I really wanted, I needed to get something that would put me over the minimum cost. But I didn’t want to leave it at that, so I bought a non-cultivar this year so they can be friends.

103. Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower/yellow coneflower/pinnate prairie coneflower) This almost flowered last year and the I accidentally broke it with the hose. That will not happen this year. I don’t see a flower stalk yet, but the leaves look healthy.

104. Rhus aromatica (fragrant sumac) It’s putting out flowers, but it did so last year and nothing happened, so I guess we’ll see this year.

105. Rosa blanda (smooth rose) A rose without thorns! Or almost. It’s got leaves out, but it’s a slow grower for a rose and hasn’t flowered yet.

106. Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) This was supposed to be a red raspberry because black raspberries are easy to find in the ravines, but that’s okay, and I did order a new red raspberry which will hopefully actually be red. lol

107. Rubus strigosus (American red raspberry) Soon! Sometimes considered a variety of Rubus idaeus, which is the one you find in grocery stores. There is one patch I’ve found of them in the ravines, but they’re not nearly as common here as the black raspberry. Hopefully this new plant I get will actually be the red raspberry.

108. Rudbeckia laciniata (cutleaf coneflower/green-headed coneflower) There are two plants with very different leaves growing there. One of them I hope is the plant I intended, but won’t know until they flowers. They’re both doing well, whatever they are.

109. Sambucus canadensis (common elderberry) It’s making flowers this year! I learned the hard way that this species does NOT like being transplanted to a pot, which I had to do to take with me to my current apartment. However, it did eventually bounce back and didn’t mind being transplanted to its current location, which it likes just fine.

110. Shepherdia canadensis (Canada buffaloberry) Next weekend!

111. Solidago canadensis (Canadian goldenrod) I tried to buy this plant but they accidentally sent me an aster species instead. However, there are a bunch of goldenrods growing a different area that I didn’t plant and I believe to be this species.

112. Solidago nemoralis (gray goldenrod) Droops a lot but bounces back quickly.

113. Solidago simplex (spike goldenrod/sticky goldenrod/Mt. Albert Goldenrod) I’ve tried this once before and it died, possibly from being small enough that the ledge it was next to prevented it from getting enough sunlight. I’ve planted the new one far enough from the ledge that it does not get shaded by it, so hopefully that will do the trick.

114. Spiraea alba (meadowsweet) The first year in the new place it struggled a bit, but it’s fine now and it flowered last year.

115. Symphoricarpos orbiculatus (coralberry) Next weekend! It’s also the first time I’ve seen it available anywhere.

116. Symphyotrichum ciliolatum (fringed blue aster/Lindley’s aster/northern heart-leaved aster) A very polite aster, or maybe it’s just being kept under control by the sweet grass (055). Its foliage is that lovely gray-green colour often referred to as “blue” when people talk about holly, spruce, and hosta leaves, and its flowers are that pale blue people often think of as purple or periwinkle but shows up digitally as light blue.

117. Symphyotrichum cordifolium (heart-leaved aster) Doing fine where I planted it.

118. Symphyotrichum laeve (smooth aster) I didn’t have the tag and thought this was a violet when I planted it. It now thinks it owns the space, but looks very nice when it’s in bloom.

119. Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (panicled aster/lance-leaf aster/willow aster/tall white aster/eastern line aster/white-panicle aster/narrow-leaf Michaelmas daisy) Lots of common names. It decided it belonged on the sidewalk last year, but surprisingly agreed when I placed its branches behind the stone line of the garden. We’ll see if we can come to the same agreement this year.

120. Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England aster) Not flowering yet this year, but looks it’s getting ready. They’re such a lovely rich violet to purple and I love that they flower so late into autumn too.

121. Taraxacum officinale ceratophorum (fleshy dandelion/horned dandelion/rough dandelion) Obviously didn’t buy it. lol But it is in my garden along with non-native subspecies. Since they don’t harm the plants they grow among, they can stay as long as they’re not in my way.

122. Trillium erectum (red trillium) Next weekend! And I possibly already have one. See, I ordered three trillium species last year as bulbs and planted them, but lost two of the tags. Only two species came up and only the one with the tag flowered this year. So I don’t know if the one that didn’t flower was erectum or grandifolium, so I ordered both again.

123. Trillium flexipes (nodding trillium) It came up this year and it was lovely. Died back now though.

124. Trillium grandiflorum (great white trillium) Next weekend! And I might already have one: see 109. Ontario’s provincial flower. I once made a set of coat of arms style designs with each of the provincial flowers and animals.

125. Urtica dioica gracilis (stinging nettle) Planted itself in my garden back at the old place and if I didn’t trust the other plants would be safe after I left (I was right, by the way; the whole backyard has been turned over) I definitely didn’t think this would be either, so I potted it to take with and got stung for my trouble, but it’s happy in its new home. Lives up to its name, of course, but I did eat a few of the tops earlier this year in soup and later in pasta sauce, so I suppose we’re even.

126. Vaccinium angustifolium (lowbush blueberry/wild blueberry) When you see “wild blueberries” in the grocery store in Ontario, it’s this. It always seems to struggle with mould in the spring. Every year I’ve had it. I got it a friend in hopes it would help, but they seem to both be dealing with it now. I’ll have cut back the bad branches and hope that helps. It usually does, but I don’t know why it starts in the first place. None of the neighbouring plants are suffering.

127. Vaccinium corymbosom (highbush blueberry) This is the species you’ll most often see in the grocery store in Ontario as “blueberries”. My bush always makes some flowers and berries, but it’s not doing great right now. Not sure why. It doesn’t get mould the way the lowbush blueberries do. I hope it’s not on its way out. You can get them at a lot of garden centres, but there’s usually a minimum amount of plants or a minimum cost, and garden centres that specialize in native plants don’t often carry these, while garden centres that don’t often don’t have any other native species or at least not any I need or have room for. So for my purposes they’re kind of hard to get.

128. Verbena hastata (blue vervain) Was off to a slow start this year, but it’s doing just fine now.

129. Viburnum acerifolium (mapleleaf viburnum) Next weekend!

130. Viburnum lentago (nannyberry) It’s doing fine, just fine, but I doubt I’ll get any berries for some time yet.

131. Viburnum nudum cassinoides (Witherod viburnum) A lovely little bush so far. Maybe I’ll get flowers next spring.

132. Viola adunca (hookedspur violet/western dog violet/early blue violet) Hopefully coming by the end of this month! My first go with this plant was not successful. Hopefully better luck this time.

133. Viola blanda (sweet white violet) Exactly what it says on the tin. There’s a delicate pink to the centre, and the foliage is nice too.

134. Viola canadensis (Canada violet) It’s tall for a violet, and spreading nicely with lots of flowers.

135. Viola labradorica (purple Labrador violet) Next weekend! Despite it’s name, it is also native to Ontario.

136. Viola sororia (wood violet/blue violet) This is most common violet you see generally, which makes it hard, though not impossible, to find in garden centres. However, they’ve planted themselves in the yard and I’ve successfully transferred one to one of the beds. I have other place I want to put the rest before I dig up that area.

137. Vitis riparia (riverbank grape) I have two plants because I didn’t realize when I bought it that hiding among the weeds in another part of the garden there already was one. Oh well. Guaranteed cross-pollination of two genetically diverse individuals. They’re both doing well.

138. Zizia aurea (golden alexanders) They’re doing well. It looks a lot like wild parsnip, which it is related to, but it’s much more friendly, and I ate some this spring.

I may be able to order more. We’ll see. One of my go-to places says they won’t ship until “opening day”. I guess they mean when their area reopens, but that might not be till next year. Meantime, I will continue to construct my garden wall in the back.

[essieqt]

Here’s a silly little one shot crossover I wrote ! It’s also on a03. It’s going to end up having some additional one shots in it mainly dealing with interactions from the Black Bulls & Z fighters.

Fandoms: DBZ & Black Clover

Words 1035

The air was warm, perhaps one of the last warm days before the crispness of the fall air settled across the clover Kingdom. Charmy had spent the day searching for new ingredients near the border of the strong Mana region that divides the Clover and Spade Kingdoms. “Ahhh! This is the best food I have ever made!” Charmy declared while stuffing piles of food into her mouth in rapid succession. 

“MORE MORE!!” She excitedly commanded her sheep cooks.

Meanwhile...

:”Lord Beerus, this is the 5th dimension we have gone to, just because you have a craving for something new! This is an absolute misuse of divine power!” The blue skinned humanoid scolded.  

“ Shut it! I’m telling you, Whis, I smell something delectable!” The purple cat-like individual responded.

“You said that about every other version of earth we went to. I thought we were going to be training. Plus Chi Chi is going to be mad if I’m late picking up Goten again. Last time she said she would kill me!” The pointy haired man sighed.

“Shut up Kakarot” An angry voice spat. 

“ Hmm… Now that you mention it Lord Beerus, I do smell something rather tasty!” Whis sniffed the air. 

The group of Dimension hoppers spotted the source of delectable smells. A small girl was devouring piles of food, with a blonde boy who looked ready to pop. Beerus took the lead as the group approached. 

“ I am Beerus, Lord of Destruction,, Unless you want your planet destroyed, you will relinquish all of your food at once!!” He threatened. 

The small girl stopped mid bite and turned towards the intruders. Charmy released her mana, eyes turning white, a large sheep appeared behind her. “No one touches MY FOOD.” She screamed letting anger consume her. 

“Now Lord Beerus, I’m sure we can be more forthcoming to our tiny child friend with the delectable Cuisine.” Whis smiled at the angry girl in front of him.

“Oh god this is really good, You were right, Lord Beerus!” Goku said excitedly as he took the food off Charmy’s plate, stuffing it into his mouth.

Charmy’s mana instantly dissipated as she turned to goku. “You like my food?!?!” She said excitedly.

“Yes! It’s so good and It’s restoring my energy! Guys it’s like a sensu bean!” Goku announced with a mouth full of food. 

“ JUST WAIT! YOu haven’t seen anything! I’m Charmy Pappitson and I will make you the BEST food you’ve ever had! Sheep Cook: Master Chef!” A large sheep with a mustache and pair of curved horns appeared behind the small girl. “More More!” She continued to summon sheep who instantly started to prepare food.

“Um. Whis, what is this?” Beerus impatiently questioned.

“ It appears the people in this dimension can wield magic. It’s not unlike how we wield Ki, but theirs is derived from the natural mana of this world. How interesting.” Whis replied with wonder.

PIles of food began to appear in front of the group with blinding speed, as the sheep cooks continued to work. 

“Are you should we should-” Beerus stopped mid sentence as whis’s eyes turned to hearts as he ate the first bite of food.

“ This is amazing! No need to try any Lord Beerus, It’s probably poisonous” The angel warned with a chuckle.

“ I’m not going to let you have all of this.” he said, walking over and grabbing a pastry from the ever growing pile of food. The god sniffed the strange looking pastry allowing the smell to invade his senses, “this is the best thing I’ve ever smelled.” he thought as he took a large bite. One bite turned into one pastry, then two, then eight. The lord of destruction couldn’t get enough of the delicacies the child in front of him was producing with amazing speed.

“Vegeta! Come on, you have to try this! I promise you’ll like it, please??!” Goku loudly pleaded to the short man with his arms crossed. 

“ Hmph!” Vegeta stuck his nose in the air as he walked towards the food claiming a pastry as his own. The saiyan soon began to take part in the feed frenzy that was now in full swing.

The group continued to eat for what seemed like hours, before Goku spoke up. “Geeze Charmy This was amazing! I can’t eat another bite” he said while putting his hands on his belly.

Charmy looked at him, releasing her mana once again “ You’re done when I say you’re done.” She said menacingly. 

“Ah ok!!” Goku said as he started to slowly.

“ MORE” Charmy yelled at him.

Goku began to shove food in his mouth faster, matching the pace of the rest of the party. 

“Now that was a feast fit for a God!” Beerus declared. 

“ Yes! Thank you so much, Charmy of the Clover Kingdom.” Whis said graciously, as he turned to beerus giving him a look. 

“ I won't destroy your planet this time.” Beerus said gruffly. 

“ Charmy, What was that power you had? You seem really strong, wanna fight?!?!” Goku questioned. 

“ That’s a child Kakarot, you can’t go to another dimension and assault their children.” Vegeta scolded.

“ Actually I’m 20! I have to save up my energy so I can eat more later, so no fighting for me!!” Charmy said happily.

The travelers looked at her dumb founded. 

“ How can you be 20?? This makes my head hurt!” Goku said, rubbing his head.

Whis’s staff rumbled to life indicating a call was coming. “Oh Hello Bulma!” Whis greeted the image that floated above his staff. The blue haired woman was quickly knocked out of the way to reveal a fuming Chi Chi. 

“ GOKU WHERE ARE YOU? You were supposed to pick Goten up from school. MY POOR BABY--” Whis quickly ended the transmission cutting her off mid sentence.

“ Sounds like we better get you home.” Whis smiled.

“ Yeah, ChiChi seems pretty mad.” Goku rubbed the back of his neck. 

“ Aww! Will you come back soon? I promise to have more delectable goodies soon!” Charmy beamed at them.

“ You better or I’ll dest” Beerus was cut off by Whis.

“ We look forward to it! Thank you for your hospitality.” There was a brief flash and the mysterious travelers were gone.

[bethanyhamiltonsstuff]

Can Hamster Eat Clover: A Guide to Safe Consumption

 Can Hamsters Consume Clover? As pet owners, we want to give our hamsters the best care possible, which often includes knowing what foods are safe and nutritious for them. Clover's vibrant leaves and charming appearance may have piqued your interest as a possible addition to your hamster's diet. In this comprehensive guide, we'll delve into the world of clover for hamsters, exploring its composition, benefits, potential risks, and how to incorporate it into your furry friend's diet responsibly.

Clover: Nature's Little Treasure Can Hamster Eat

Clover is a common plant that can be found in gardens, meadows, and even your own backyard. But what is it made of, and how can it be added to your hamster's diet?

Clover is made of what?

Clover is a flowering plant with trifoliate leaves and small blossoms.

Clover's nutritional composition is as follows:

Can Hamsters Consume Clover? Clover contains a variety of nutrients that can benefit the health of your hamster. It contains vitamins like A and C, as well as minerals like calcium and potassium.

Can Hamsters Eat Clover?

Before introducing clover into your hamster's diet, you should be aware of its nutritional value and potential side effects.

Can Hamsters Consume Clover?

Yes, hamsters can eat clover in moderation.

Why Can Hamsters Consume Clover?

Clover can add natural enrichment and variety to your hamster's diet. However, because of its high fiber content, it should be served in moderation.

The Advantages of Feeding Clover to Hamsters

Can Hamsters Consume Clover? Clover can provide several potential benefits to your hamster's diet.

The Advantages of Feeding Clover to Your Hamster:

Clover adds a new texture and flavor to your hamster's meals.

Clover contains vitamins and minerals that benefit your hamster's overall health.

The Dangers of Feeding Clover to Hamsters

Can Hamsters Consume Clover? There are risks to consider when giving clover to your hamster, as with any dietary addition.

The Dangers of Feeding Clover to Your Hamster:

Clover's high fiber content can cause digestive upset if consumed in excess.

Chemical Exposure: Outdoor clover may contain pesticides or chemicals that are toxic to hamsters.

The Dangers of Feeding Clover to Hamsters

Clover Poisoning Symptoms in Hamsters

Can Hamsters Consume Clover? In hamsters, consuming too much clover can cause specific symptoms.

Clover Poisoning Symptoms in Hamsters:

Diarrhea: Too much clover consumption can cause loose stools.

Overeating clover may cause your hamster to become sluggish.

Appetite Loss: Digestive discomfort may cause a reduction in food intake.

How Much Clover Should You Feed a Hamster?

Can Hamsters Consume Clover? Clover should be consumed in moderation to avoid potential digestive issues.

Clover's Restrictions in the Hamster Diet:

Provide a small amount of clover as a treat on occasion, aiming for around a gram.

Supplements and Alternatives

Can Hamsters Consume Clover? Diversity is essential for ensuring your hamster's balanced diet. Here are some healthy alternatives to consider:

Leafy Vegetables High in Nutrients for Your Hamster:

Dandelion Leaves: Dandelion leaves are high in essential vitamins and minerals and make an excellent supplement.

Romaine lettuce: It not only provides hydration, but it also contains dietary fiber, which aids your hamster's digestive system.

Basil Leaves: In addition to imparting a distinct flavor, basil may provide health benefits to your pet.

Nutritious Hamster Food Alternatives:

Fresh herbs such as basil, parsley, and cilantro can enhance the flavor and nutrition of your hamster's diet.

Fruits that are safe to eat: A small amount of apple or blueberry can be included in their diet.

Commercial Hamster Pellets: Hamster pellets of high quality provide essential nutrients in a balanced manner.

Can Hamsters Consume Clover? Finally, clover can be a tasty and nutritious addition to your hamster's diet if given responsibly and in moderation. You can contribute to your hamster's health and happiness by being aware of the potential benefits and risks of clover consumption and combining it with a well-balanced diet, creating a harmonious and enjoyable environment for your furry companion.

Can Hamsters Consume Clover?

Yes, in moderation, hamsters can consume clover.

Is it necessary to consult a veterinarian before introducing Clover?

Before introducing new foods to your hamster's diet, you should consult with a veterinarian.

What Are Clover Poisoning Symptoms?

Diarrhea, lethargy, and loss of appetite are all possible symptoms.

Clover Should Be Introduced to Hamsters in What Way?

Begin with a small piece of clover and observe your hamster's reaction. If tolerated, use it as a treat on occasion.

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Unveiling the Mystery: Can Hamsters Eat Clover?

 Can a hamster eat a clover leaf? As devoted pet parents, we are always looking for the best ways to take care of our cute hamsters. With its lush green leaves and delicate flowers, clover might look like a good choice, but is it good for hamsters? This guide will tell you everything you need to know about clover for hamsters, including what it is made of, its possible benefits and risks, and how to add it to your furry friend's food in a healthy way.

The Mystery of Clover: Nature's Little Wonder

Clover is a common plant that grows in gardens and fields. It has always been interesting to people who own pets. But what is it made of and how does it fit into the food of your hamster?

What does a clover look like?

Clover is a flowering plant with roots, leaves, and small, brightly colored flowers.

Clover's nutritional make-up:

Can a hamster eat a clover leaf? Clover is a source of vitamins, minerals, and fiber that our bodies need. It has things like vitamin C, iron, and protein in it.

Can a hamster eat clovers?

Before putting clover in your hamster's food, it's important to know what it contains and how it might affect your pet.

Can a hamster eat a clover leaf?

Yes, hamsters can eat a small amount of clover as part of a balanced diet.

How come hamsters can eat clover?

Clover is a natural and healthy food that can be added to your hamster's diet. But because it might affect digestion, it should only be taken in small amounts.

Clover is good for hamsters and here's why:

Can a hamster eat a clover leaf? Clover can be a good addition to your hamster's food for a number of reasons.

Why it's good for your hamster to eat clover:

Variety: Clover makes your hamster's food taste and feel different.

Addition of Nutrients: The vitamins and minerals in clover can help your hamster's health as a whole.

Risk of Giving Hamsters Clover

Can a hamster eat a clover leaf? There are risks when hamsters eat clover, just like when they eat anything else.

Risks of Giving Hamsters Clover:

Digestive Problems: Clover has fiber in it, which may not be good for the digestive processes of all hamsters.

Chemical Exposure: Clover that comes from outside may have chemicals or pesticides that are bad for hamsters.

How hamsters get sick from eating too much clover

Can a hamster eat a clover leaf? When hamsters eat too much clover, they can show certain signs.

Signs that a hamster has been poisoned by clover:

Diarrhea: Loose stools can be a sign of digestive trouble.

Lethargy: A hamster might get sleepy if it eats too much clover.

Loss of Appetite: If your stomach hurts, you might not want to eat as much.

How Many Clovers Can a Hamster Eat?

Clover should only be eaten in small amounts to avoid stomach problems.

The hamster's diet can only have so much clover:

Can a hamster eat a clover leaf? A small amount of clover, about a gram, can be given as a treat once in a while.

Different options and extras

Can a hamster eat a clover leaf? Even though clover can be a nice addition, it's important to make sure your hamster gets a varied diet.

Alternatives that are good for your hamster's health:

Fresh herbs like parsley, basil, and cilantro can add taste and nutrition.

Safe Fruits: You can eat a small amount of apple or blueberry.

Commercial Hamster Pellets: A well-balanced meal of pellets gives hamsters the nutrients they need.

In conclusion, if you give clover to your hamster carefully and in small amounts, it can be a tasty and healthy treat. By knowing the possible benefits and risks of eating clover and mixing it with a well-balanced diet, you can help your hamster stay healthy and enjoy seeing it do well in its cozy home.

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Name: Snarrl Nicknames: n/a Species: Galarian Obstagoon(homomeles foetidus), "smelly man-badger" Gender: male, male Obstagoon are larger and called boars while the smaller females are called sows, boars have thicker necks and broader chests than sows Sexuality: straight Age: 11, Obstagoon are longer lived than their Linoone and Zigzagoon pre-evolutions and healthy wild specimens have been known to live up to 40 years, captive individuals may live up to 55, longest lived specimen is a captive female named Roxanna who celebrated her 61st birthday this past August Mate: none, boars reach sexual maturity between ages 4 and 6 while sows do not typically begin ovulation until age 7, mating lasts for anywhere between 30 and 60 minutes and typically occurs between March and May but Obstagoon can mate at any point of the year, sows are pregnant for approximately 22 weeks before giving birth to 1-3 Zigzagoon cubs, Obstagoon are monogamous and mate for life Offspring: none, cubs are born completely white and blind, relying on the strong musk of their parents to get by for the first 5-6 weeks of life, cubs will suckle until around 13-15 weeks before being weaned, lower ranking sows aid in the care of the litter by cleaning them, feeding them and guarding them Height: 5'5"/1.651 m, average male height is between 5'2" and 5'7", females are between 5' and 5'4" Weight: 136.3lbs/61.82kg, average male weight is around 122-150lbs, females are between 115-140lbs General Health: good, Obstagoon are vulnerable to bovine tuberculosis, mustelid herpesvirus-1, rabies, distemper, generalized demodectic mange, pneumonia, lymphosarcoma and parasites such as tapeworms, fleas, ticks and lice, generalized demodectic mange can be caused by a weak immune system or individuals may be genetically predisposed to it and it can be treated with antibacterials, antibiotics and topical ointment, trainers with newly caught Zigzagoon are advised to have them checked for parasites at a Pokemon Center as soon as possible to prevent the spread of fleas and lice Fur: fur on the shoulders, neck, chest, forearms and shins is long and coarse with a soft undercoat and rough guard hairs, crest guard hairs are rough and bristly, underbelly fur is short and soft with pinkish grey skin being visible around the groin, fur is coarser and shorter in the summer with the deep grey forearm and shin fur being shed and the chest region resembling a vest rather than a thick jacket Skin: skin is pinkish grey in color, thick, loose and very tough to protect against Combee stings, Chewtle bites, Sizzlipede burns and all kinds of damage, skin is rubbery in texture, Obstagoon may be predisposed to mange so trainers are advised to take extra care of their partner's skin and watch for severe itching and hair loss, dermal health is good Eyes: eyes are small with deep red sclera and small dark irises, eyesight is poor and Obstagoon cannot make out details well, able to identify shapes and movement, irises range from chestnut to nearly black in color, Obstagoon have monochromatic vision and cannot see colors, optical health is good Ears: ears are small and rhomboid in shape with deep grey skin inside, trainers are advised to check inside the ears for ticks and mites, an Obstagoon's hearing is about the same as a human's, auditory health is good Nose: Obstagoon have an acute sense of smell and it serves several important functions, individuals recognize each other by their unique musk secreted by glands at the base of their short tail and on their anus, sense of smell is approximately 800 times better than a human's, olfactory health is good Teeth: adult Obstagoon have 34 teeth, they have large chisel shaped incisors and sharp canines with flat molars suited for grinding vegetation, their jaws are powerful enough to crush any bone in a Rapidash's body Claws: Obstagoon have three fingers and a thumb on each hand as well as four toes on each foot, their long shovel-like claws are adapted for digging and they put them to good use digging the shared latrines for their clan, burying their dead and poking around for tasty insect Pokemon to eat, you can get a general idea of an Obstagoon's age by looking at their claws as older individuals may have their claws almost completely worn down, claws are in good shape Level: 58, assessed by a Circhester police officer after investigating a noise complaint that turned out to be Snarrl viciously beating a trainer's Diggersby Ability: Guts, individuals with this ability are remarkably resilient and tough, where most Pokemon with burns are in too much pain to strike at full force and poisons leave them ill, Pokemon with Guts not only shrug off any damage that these effects do but become more aggressive as a result, increasing their Attack stat by 50%, however they may not outwardly express the pain these conditions are causing, inexperienced trainers may mistake their Pokemon's resilience for an immunity and unknowingly ignore the condition, causing it to worsen Status: wild ID Number: n/a Pokeball: n/a Nature: Hasty Held Item: n/a Characteristic: proud of its power IVs: 12/25/11/17/13/9 Home: a back alley in Motostoke, Galarian Zigzagoon and Linoone reside in a complex den system underground while Obstagoon live above ground outside urban areas as they no longer fear the Corviknight and Thievul that eat their young Affiliation: none, though Obstagoon are typically social creatures that reside in clans of 6-8 adults, Snarrl is a rogue individual Alignment: chaotic neutral Friends: n/a Enemies: n/a Birthday: October 8th Parents: Topper(father, Galarian Linoone) and Blaire(mother, Galarian Linoone), Snarrl was always a problem child and he'd fight with his parents all the time, was kicked out of the den after they had enough of his picking dangerous fights and getting into screaming matches, has no interest in seeing them Siblings: Maxine(twin sister, Galarian Linoone), were never close, Snarrl would beat her up regularly to show that he was the strongest and she grew to fear him W/L: unknown Battle Style: a reckless onslaught of aggressive tackles and wild punches with strong bites, graceless and lacks strategy but brute force usually gets the job done Ribbons: n/a Diet: Obstagoon are opportunistic omnivores and will eat just about anything they can get their claws on, main food source are larval pokemon such as Caterpie, Grubbin and Snom followed by larger insectoids like Sizzlipede, rodent pokemon like Morpeko and Minccino, Combee as well as their honey and comb, Bluk, Magost, Belue, Rawst, Nutpea and Tanga berries, Chewtle, medium to large avians like Corvisquire and Unfezant, Bunnelby, Morelull as well as clover, wheat, oats and grass, they may kill Wooloo and Dubwool if other food sources are scarce Energy Level: generally moderate but drops dramatically in the winter, Obstagoon and their pre-evolutions enter a state of torpor to conserve energy Willingness to Fight: very high Willingness to Surrender: low Willingness to Flee: low Willingness to Kill: moderate Threat Level to Humans: low-moderate, Snarrl avoids people and will not attempt to attack unless cornered and provoked Body Count, humans: 0 Threat Level to Pokemon: moderate, fiercely territorial and aggressive with Pokemon Body Count, Pokemon: 2, a domestic Bunnelby that escaped its cage and hopped out its owner's door only to end up in Snarrl's belly after having its throat slashed and a trainer's Thievul that caught him in a nasty mood Double Edge: Snarrl slams his powerful body into the foe with a reckless full force tackle, this attack is remarkably powerful but may leave the user with broken ribs, bruising and even internal bleeding Submission: Snarrl tackles the target to the ground and beats them down with a wild flurry of punches, this attack may leave the user with bruising around their knuckles Taunt: Snarrl goads the foe into attacking by egging them on with insults Night Slash: Snarrl uses his sharp, shovel like claws to rip and shred the target, this attack may cause the opponent to bleed out if a vital artery is severed Stamina: 6.10 Strength: 7/10 Durability: 6.5/10 Energy Projection: 2/10 Energy Resistance: 5/10 Agility: 5.5/10 Strategy: 2/10 Intelligence: 2.5/10 Previous Training(Behavioral, Socialization etc): none Previous Trainer: none Personality: gruff, rude, outspoken, prideful, selfish, cocky, aggressive, self reliant, wild, tough, abrasive, sadistic, shameless, impatient, bold, dim witted, brutish, boisterous, arrogant, simple General Description: Snarrl is a dirty punk bully that takes what he wants, when he wants. If his rotten breath and razor sharp teeth don't make them steer clear, he's more than glad to give them a thrashing they won't forget. He's egotistical and has no respect for anyone but himself. He especially loathes those who think they're in control of others and what they do. Snarrl is also terribly impatient, rude, loud and pugnacious. His joy comes from intimidating others, blasting rock music on his beat up radio and stealing goodies from domestic pokemon and their trainers. "Oi knobhead! Dontcha know who yer messin' with? The biggest baddest 'Goon this side of Circhester! I recommend ya bugger off 'fore I stop bein' so nice and start clobberin' ya!" "Reckon that belongs t'me now, heheh...snooze and y'lose, geek!" "Daww, lookit th' lil' tyke throwin' a wobbly...want ya lunch? Gotta reach fer it! Gahahaha!" "Shut yer trap, mate; this song is ace!" "Whoa, killer grub! Better than old wheelie bin burgers at least." Favorite Food: Snom, their fat bodies and defenselessness make very tasty snacks for Obstagoon Favorite Attack: Double Edge Likes: loud music, showing off his strength, dumpster diving, breaking stuff, getting on others' nerves/testing them Dislikes: goody two shoes, dancing, kids, humidity, not getting his way other facts about Snarrl -he loves to dig in garbage and see what neat stuff he can find, gets offended if you call it junk -Snarrl hates having his head and belly touched, he really like shoulder rubs though -his radio is his prized possession and he'll beat your sorry ass into submission if you break it -he is fiercely independent as well as stubborn and dumb, making for a Pokemon that will be a pain to try and cooperate with -Snarrl's favorite band is Whiteekans -he takes great pride in how nasty he smells, says it's natural for a big bad 'mon like him to reek other Obstagoon facts(headcanons) -Obstagoon use their long prehensile tongue to poke around in Combee hives and get at the sweet honey -Obstagoon are very vocal and communicate through loud shrieks, cackles, hisses, growls and whines -Obstagoon cannot digest dairy very well, avoid giving chocolate as well as it is toxic, if you want to give your buddy a tasty treat, try fresh Rawst berries or Nutpea berries -Obstagoon are cannibalistic and will eat the cubs of rivals to cut competition for food -Obstagoon, Linoone and Zigzagoon are very prominent in Galarian mythology and still today in popular culture, from the centuries old fables of shapeshifting Linoone defending a great king to a modern cartoon featuring an Obstagoon protagonist with an affinity for spicy curry -Obstagoon are generally quite docile in contrast to their more aggressive Hoennian cousins -It's a common misconception that Obstagoon are nocturnal, they're actually diurnal -Obstagoon can reach speeds of up to 35mph in short bursts, this makes them significantly slower than their Linoone brothers(60mph), Obstagoon's bodies are less adapted to speed and more for defense -The closest living relative of the Galarian Zigzagoon family is the Stunky line -Obstagoon need to scratch and keep their claws sharp, often a clan will have a designated tree to claw at, captive Obstagoon are fond of scratching posts -Obstagoon hair is used to make shave brushes -It is illegal to consume Zigzagoon, Linoone or Obstagoon meat in Galar