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Orontes was a character in the Aeneid by Virgil. He went down with his ship when Juno convinced the winds to sink the fleet of Aeneas. The seed of golden club sinks in its vessel also. The Or in Orontium adds another layer of meaning to the genus name - it is French for gold, the color of the flowers, Aquaticum is simply Latin for "growing in the w… read more

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I'm GURL. Much of my time is spent keeping things "propah" here in the BriarPatch. [ Oh, for you others, "propah" is the correct SUTHERN way to pronounce "proper". ] Anyway, as I was saying... ALL KINDS OF THINGS can go wrong around here if somebody doesn't devote a lot of attention to management. Take these lizards, for instance. There's … read more

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Gurl told me she knows there is something in this woodpile and I know she is right. I smell it too! read more

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For hours and hours and hours I stand here waiting for it to make a move so I can snatch it. I can smell it so I know its still between these logs. read more

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We grind our corn the old fashion way. We use a hand crank grinder called Never Fail, it was made in the U.S.A. Every time we start grinding corn to throw out for the wildlife Gurl has to be in the middle of it all. She's in it for the corncobs only. She loves fetching'em. read more