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Late Dutch Honeysuckle

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A sparrow gulps down delicious-looking honeysuckle fruit.

But don't try to eat these yourself!

Most varieties of honeysuckle are toxic to people.

The woods where I live were a tangled mass of invasive honeysuckle and multiflora rose. Climbing and choking trees and sprawling across the forest floor so thick that not much else had room to grow. I'm still not even close to pulling it all, but the progress from three years of annual pulling is amazing!! So many species are thriving now that they have the space to.

Here's a before shot of an area I pulled in early spring, pretty much the entire forest looked like this when we moved here. Almost everything green you see is honeysuckle!! It leafs out so early which makes it easy to spot and target. I pull it all by hand and it's slow going but so worth it!

Already this spring so many plants have emerged and trees flowered in the areas I've pulled. Pulling the vines has become meditative for me, detangling the woods detangles my mind. And now wild strawberries are popping up at the edge of the forest. Butterfly milkweed is growing big and strong. Jewelweed is coming up all along the creek. Turkeys and deer and possums and squirrels are traversing and enjoying their woods. I've seen so many birds and butterflies and bees. And every bit of it brings me so much joy. 💕

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honeysuckle and lillies

Pet portrait for the very kind Phoebe - my first time drawing 3 different colored cats at once, it was a fun challenge to make all of the palettes work together <3 In the end it's one of my faves tbh! Thank you again <3