The Nature Conservancy calls Tennessee the most biologically rich of all the inland states. As I walk through my property and neighborhood, I see many exotic plants. Fortunately, I also see an abundance of native plants.
Great article, Tee. When we first moved to AR, we spent one hot day at a crystal mine and brought home some nice ones. Everyone probably knows that AR also has Crater of Diamonds State Park. Some day I hope to go down just for the fun of it and do a little digging.
Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.
"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam
Thanks, Jean. That sounds like an interesting outing at Crater of Diamonds Park. We used to pan for gold in CA. We only found very small flakes but there were others who would (and still do) come away with some large nuggets.
@SongofJoy You get to keep the diamonds if you happen to be fortunate enough to find one. As long as you don't have it cut, you owe nothing, but if you have it cut you owe $$$$$$$$! I have always loved rocks and on our way home from vacation once, I spent our last $10 on a geode. We never go anywhere new that we don't come home with rocks. I even have two rocks that came from the Crazy Horse monument. The Ziolkowskis are very clever. At the Visitor's Center they have a large bin with rocks, and for a donation, you get to bring one home.
Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.
"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam
Same here, love rocks. I carried some across country when we moved. They always bring a smile when I see them. Well, most of the time. In CA, I had used a bunch of rocks in a dry stream bed. One day I spied the neighbor next door picking them up to shore up his slipping dirt bank. I would have given him some if he'd asked. When I went out and explained that I'd found those and had to haul them all back home myself, he returned them. Oh well.
When I still lived in Tennessee, I took my first trip West. Brought home rocks from Puget Sound. Later moved them with me from Tennessee to California. THEN moved them here to Pittsburgh.
And I have 2 nice and not tiny ones from the Isle of Skye that I brought home to SF in my backpack. Moved them here to Pittsburgh with me, too. One of them is green with a brown vein and BARNACLES!
@SongofJoy There is a drainage pipe that runs from the neighbor's yard under our driveway and exits in an area which is still on the property. I filled the path of the water with rocks and that is what I call my creek. When it rains I can see my "creek" from three rooms in the house and that makes me happy. Right now I have to pull the weeds out that have grown due to the excessive rains we have had but I'm not upset with the rain -- it's usually dry this time of the year.
Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.
"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam
@crittergarden I suppose I could say we gals love our rocks!
Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.
"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam
Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.
"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam
I know this is an old thread but I enjoyed reading it. I just leveled up from a 1/4 acre in Socal to 10 acres on a lake in Tennessee. It's beautiful here!