WiseAcre Gardens

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1. Grammy Says:
   October 1st, 2008 at 1:09 am

   What an amazing picture. It looks like baby eggs with spider baby’s. lol. Thanks for the raise in the last comment. it lifted my spirit with a laugh. And I will top your good night with a hig hug and have a great week my friend. Thanks.

   Grammy,
   I only wanted to get a better photo of the berries and ended up with a tiny bonus. Thanks for the hug You have a good week too and I’ll stop by again and see if I can squeeze another laugh out of ya.

2. HoneyB Says:
   October 1st, 2008 at 10:25 am

   I came across this through North County This Week, you have some really awesome photos!

   HoneyB,
   You’re not the first in the North Country to make that mistake but only one in a handful that admitted to it by leaving a comment Glad to have ya visit and you’re welcome to return anytime and ‘Sound Off’. Does this mean I can come visit and sample your cooking? I’ll bring flowers.

   It’s good to see another home cooked site from the north Country. Why not submit your blog to NCNow. Their list needs some improvement / variety and yours would be a great addition.

3. Mr. McGregor's Daughter Says:
   October 1st, 2008 at 10:41 am

   The spider emphasizes the sinister quality of those berries. They are very showy against the bright stem.

   Mr. McGregor’s Daughter,
   You got that right. The berries are deadly although you’d never know it buy looking at them. They’re not beautiful enough to make your heart skip a beat but eating them will stop it cold.

4. peppylady Says:
   October 1st, 2008 at 4:09 pm

   Interesting it sort of looks like what we call snake berries.
   But they don’t have the eyes on them.

   Coffee is on.

   peppylady,
   Well with a fresh pot of coffee I was ready to see what a snake berry was. I wandered around the web poking around and I think ‘yours’ might be common snowberry. (Symphoricarpos albus)

   It was an interesting trip. While snowberry is the more ‘common’ name for that shrub I did find it using snake berry. But snake berry is also used for a ‘false’ strawberry with yellow flowers. …and I haven’t finished the first cup of coffee yet.

5. Ratty Says:
   October 1st, 2008 at 7:05 pm

   The real deal! A lot more sinister looking than the gray dogwood I mistook for this.

   Ratty,
   I remember- the red stems send you off track. The wild clematis flowers you photographed then should have set seed pods that turn into the fuzzy ‘old man’s beard’

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