Redbone Native Plants

05/29/2022

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05/15/2022

Bayou-Diversity (15 May 2022) NEWS BEES Mark Twain was famously quoted as saying, “Clothes make the man.” Many sources stop him there and omit his following wit, which was, “Naked people have little or no influence on society.” Adornments are important to animals also. A good example is that inch-long, black and yellow bedizened, hornet-looking creature that zips in to hover just in front of your face on a summer afternoon before rocketing away on a zigzag trail not unlike the cartoon roadrunner. This gaudy insect influences society also, usually in the form of terror as it buzzes threateningly inches from one’s nose. Like clothes, the insect’s garments are superficial, and what you see is only a ruse.

Nature, in a seemingly playful mood, decked out this innocent insect as an example of mimicry in the natural world. It’s not a bee or a hornet, and its correct name is Yellowjacket Hover Fly. Bees have four wings; this fly has two – not that they will ever beat slowly enough for you to count them. Bees also cannot hover like this fly. As a fly, it has no stinger and is absolutely harmless. Biologists refer to the yellow and black color theme as aposematic coloration – a bright flash of danger that tends to warn off predators. In this case, the hover fly is thought to mimic a yellowjacket. Even its loud buzz and aggressive flight is a form of mimicry.

In the South, we call this insect the “news bee” or the “good news bee” for its habit of hovering in front of a person and “giving them the news.” Some say that he is actually telling you the news, while others claim that he is saying that important news will soon arrive. If one lights on your finger, which they do on occasion if offered, good luck is guaranteed. Actually, you will benefit from the presence of a yellowjacket hover fly whether it lights on your finger or not, as it goes about its important business of pollinating the flowers in your yard – a considerable influence on society. (Adapted from Bayou-Diversity: Nature & People in the Louisiana Bayou Country; photo by Charles S. Lewallen)

05/10/2022

Volunteer of the month💕

05/31/2021

Getting ready to bloom now....🙂

Habit: This occasionally branching annual legume is ½-2' (sometimes up to 3 ') tall. Shorter plants are erect, while taller plants are inclined to sprawl. The slender hairless stems are initially light green, but become reddish brown.

05/24/2021

Russian sunflower 🌻

01/26/2021

I often advise people to do winter pruning in the late January to early February period, while plants are dormant and shortly before they start actively growing again. Pruning can encourage a plant to start growing earlier than it otherwise would. If we get a warm period during the winter and the pl...

12/12/2020

Mustang grape cuttings available: 10$ per foot
Cool thing about this plant: The green unripe grapes can be pickled, or processed like olives, or made into a green grape pie.🙂

10/29/2020

Redbones of Louisiana Words and Music by Hershel Frazier Vocals & Guitar by Hershel Frazier Eddie Ortego, Dobro Colton Ortego, Bass Used with permission.

09/30/2020

Everyone knows this one!!🙂

09/02/2020

This is the company that my son is working for,they are also helping to clear Allen Acres.. please call for your tree removal needs. Thank you.

07/22/2020

It may be the only place in Louisiana where you can see a lake surrounded by giant old growth cypress trees that date back more than a thousand years.

07/21/2020

Mimosa in flower—rose plumes of sweetness 💗
The flowers and bark of mimosa trees are a traditional remedy for insomnia, stress, grief, and melancholy. The tea or tincture can be used daily as a tonic or for acute relief of temporary symptoms. Typically, I combine mimosa with adaptogens like schisandra, rhodiola, or reishi for chronic anxiety and persisting trauma.
The tree is also a nitrogen-fixer, helping to enrich the soil for neighboring plants. It is spready (opportunistic) in many parts of the world so don’t plant it in areas where it can strut its stuff unchecked. Even its scientific name is swoonful—Albizia julibrissin.
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*Please research any new herb and consult your health care providers for possible drug/herb contraindications and precautions before ingesting. Be sure of your identification before ingesting any plant or mushroom.

07/21/2020

Alive with bees, certainly a pollinators favorite...

07/21/2020

In an effort to document and preserve the history, genealogy and origins of the people known as
Redbone Chronicles (Number 1) (Volume 1) Paperback – February 17, 2016
by Redbone Heritage Foundation (Author), Backintyme Publishing (Creator)
Series: Number 1
Paperback: 282 pages
Publisher: Backintyme Publishing; Janurary, 2007 edition (February 17, 2016)
Language: English
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Redbone, the Redbone Heritage Foundation began publishing a collection of conference presentations, articles and essays and genealogies in the Redbone Chronicles, edited by Don C. Marler and Gary "Mishiho" Gabehart We have combined those here and updated the January 2007 issues. This issue includes some never before released conference presentations, articles and essays by descendants, members, researchers and scholars. Including pictures, genealogy and relatives of progenitor fore families, and member submitted DNA results. Contributing authors : James Nickens, M.D., Ethnic and Geographic Origins of the Melungeons part 1; Alvie Walts, Southern Mestee Communities; Govinda Sanyal, Yamassee/Seminole Ethnocide; Stacy Webb, Redbones and Redbone Communities including the Natchez Trace, Specutie and The Burgess Survey; Sammy Tippit, People Called Redbones; Don Marler, Grave Houses, a Review, Book Reviews; The Historic Ten Mile Redbone Riot; Joanne Pezzullo, Carolina Tribes & Pre-Contact ; Scott "Hodalee" Sewell, The Buckskin Curtain of Indian Country; Redbone Heritage Foundation members submitted genealogy of the Redbone Progenitor Families: Hundreds of Redbone family connections concentrated around one marriage certificate between the Doyle & Drake; Contributing genealogist and family historians Marilyn Baggett Kobliaka & Verna Thompson, The Thompson Family; Examining population "y" , a mysterious Amazonian Indian match to a population migration of Australasian origins
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07/19/2020

Ireland has not forgotten how one Native American tribe helped them out in their time of need - the Great Potato Famine of the 1840s which was

07/19/2020

05/13/2020

Hypericum prolificum: St.Johns wort blooming today..

05/13/2020