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The Skunk Cabbage Vernal Walk, where you may not want to stop & smell the flowers.

The Skunk Cabbage Vernal Walk, where you may not want to stop & smell the flowers.

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This plant walk video is available thru December 31, 2025.

Vernal Virtues: Volume I

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Harvesting Practices

Learn jim's First Two Rules

Tools of the Trade: Thoughts of jim

Nettles: Urtica dioica

Go on the Nettles Vernal Virtues Walk. Where jim says it stings, but only a little... maybe.

Violet: various Viola species

View the Violet Vernal Walk. Where the skeeters love jim.

Pedicularis: Pedicularis canadensis.

Join the Pedicularis Vernal Walk and ponder why you might not want to call it lousewort.

Water Hemlock: Cicuta maculata

Join jim in learning about this deadly beauty on the Water Hemlock Vernal Walk

Skunk Cabbage: Symplocarpus foetidus

The Skunk Cabbage Vernal Walk, where you may not want to stop & smell the flowers.

Jewelweed Walk: Impatiens capensis

The Jewelweed Vernal Walk: for those who love sparkly plants

Strawberry: Fragaria species

Go on the Strawberry Vernal Walk. It's so juicy & sweet.

Poison Ivy: Toxicodendron radicans

Hear jim express his love on the Poison Ivy Early Vernal Walk.

Cleavers: Galium aparine

Cleavers Vernal Walk: learn about cat tongues- huh?

Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Go on the Dandelion Vernal Walk & all your wishes will come true.

Prickly Ash: Zanthoxylum americanum

Prickly Ash Early Vernal Walk.: Our northern citrus... yes that's really a thing.

Ground Ivy : Glechoma hederacea

Sit with Ground Ivy in the yard. Why did jim plant this here?