It has been so HOT and with little rain there is no water running thru the creek, but the flowers are so pretty this summer.

Black-eyed Susan (rudbeckia)

Spiderwort

They grow in the wild and are edible and nutritious.  I haven’t tried them (and probably not going to).

Vitex (angus-castus) or Chaste Tree

Joe-Pye Weed

All parts of this plant are edible.  Joe Pye is said to be named after a Native American, Jopi who used this plant to cure typhus in the 1800’s.