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raccoon

(31,110 posts) Wed Jul 4, 2012, 06:32 PM Jul 2012

Heard Minneapolis hit 101 today. I bet kudzu will be creeping up that way.

Not saying I wish that on anybody, but the way climate change is going, well...

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Heard Minneapolis hit 101 today. I bet kudzu will be creeping up that way. (Original Post) raccoon Jul 2012 OP

It was so hot in Wisconsin, my hens laid soft-boiled eggs!!!!!!!!! HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #1

Kudzu... NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #2

Did you know that kudzu isn't just edible but also quite nutritious? Similar to kale that way. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #3

Heard of making tea from it, and making jelly from the blossoms. raccoon Jul 2012 #5

Saw a possum in my back yard recently. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2012 #4

!! nt raccoon Jul 2012 #7

I will make a trade: your kudzu for our buckthorn. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2012 #6

Yup, Dakota, MN right across the Mississippi River from La Crosse, WI a kennedy Jul 2012 #8

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

1. It was so hot in Wisconsin, my hens laid soft-boiled eggs!!!!!!!!!

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 06:47 PM

Jul 2012

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

2. Kudzu...

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 06:55 PM

Jul 2012

...it's going places.

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

3. Did you know that kudzu isn't just edible but also quite nutritious? Similar to kale that way.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 07:10 PM

Jul 2012

raccoon

(31,110 posts)

5. Heard of making tea from it, and making jelly from the blossoms.

Reply to HopeHoops (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 07:15 PM

Jul 2012

Hadn't heard of eating it.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,683 posts)

4. Saw a possum in my back yard recently.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 07:14 PM

Jul 2012

Never used to see them in Minnesota but now they're pretty common. I'm waiting for the armadillos and gila monsters to start arriving.

raccoon

(31,110 posts)

7. !! nt

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #4)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 07:16 PM

Jul 2012

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,683 posts)

6. I will make a trade: your kudzu for our buckthorn.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 07:15 PM

Jul 2012

Buckthorn is incredibly invasive and it's got big nasty thorns on it. You can have all you want.

a kennedy

(29,655 posts)

8. Yup, Dakota, MN right across the Mississippi River from La Crosse, WI

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 07:30 PM

Jul 2012

hit 102 today with the heat index at 117!!! and you betcha I didn't go out of the house. Ugh..... I HATE CLIMATE CHANGE.

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