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| DARK CLOUDS ON THE NORTH WIND |
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| BLACKBERRIES READY TO PICK |
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| EVENING PRIMROSE |
Friday, 7:45 AM. 66 degrees F, wind N, light with stronger gusts. The sky is partly cloudy with dark clouds moving in from the north. The humidity is 85% but the barometer predicts clearing skies. It should be a nice day for a trip to Northwood Nursery in Rhinelander to pick up plants.
Raspberries have been too much affected by the drought for me to bother with, but blackberries, which are a little latter, are plumping up nicely and should be worth picking over the weekend.
Evening primrose, Oenothera biennis, in the evening primrose family,has a pretty golden yellow flower, but most of our native species of Oenothera (there are many)are not floriferous enough to be garden standouts. Nice, but no cigar, as they say. They are easy to grow in most soils in full sun. There are hybrids with large flowers that make beautiful low border plants.
Oenothera species have a long history in herbal medicine as an astringent and analgesic, and American Indian tribes used it in much the same way. I have read that oil of evening primrose is an effective, safe and gentle treatment for childhood ear infections, which often cause children much pain and discomfort. It is available commercially but I have no experience with it.
It appears that the Chicago mayor, Rahm Emanuel, is as much a bully boy as ever, threatening to ban Chic-Fil-A restaurants from the city because of the views of its corporate founder favoring traditional marriage. Unconstitutional? most certainly. Will that stop Emanuel? Probably not, as it would be a politically popular stance to present to his ultra-liberal supporters.
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