Autumn Herbs in the Ozarks

On the road in the Ozarks.

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On the route in the Ozarks … here are some photos of the Heritage Herb Gardens at the Ozark Folk Center , as well as some wayside native , in Mountain View , Arkansas . Do you have a go at it these herbs ?

The herbaceous plant beds are gorgeous now and it is time to harvest and dry the herbs for culinary and medicative use./item/3759 / video - how - to - dry - herbsWhile whole plants of annual herbs can be harvested back to the ground or pull up completley , it is best to trim perennial back by about one - third to at most , one - half of their size . The planting artemisias ( herb of the year 2014)/item/14655 / artemisia - herbaceous plant - of - the - year-2014and scented geranium are huge and beautiful – perfect for make cuttings./item/9784 / rooting - herb - cuttings

The autumn atmospheric condition has affected the botany of the Ozark Mountains stimulate leaves to change color and some have already started to diminish . The sumacs , which grow in large masses along the roadside turned shades of red , purple and dark pink along with the poke , poisonous substance ivy and dogwoods . Scarlet berry of dogwood , spicebush and euonymous minimal brain dysfunction splashes of color .

Besides the sumac , many of the persimmons have lost their leaves and as they say down here , boy howdy , are they ever loaded with yield . Although some of the yield is return to the ground , one must wait until there is a icing to harvest and rust ripe persimmons . Another wild food for thought , which is best after it has frosted , is the Jerusalem artichoke – even though their bright chickenhearted blooms faded a few week ago and their foliage is fading – they are best dig after a Robert Frost . nuance of pinkish , gold , bronze and orange are displayed on the parting of the sassafras , sycamore and gum trees , three - seeded Mercury and feathery flush of goldenrod .

The mountain view is no longer verdant jet – there are various shades of chocolate-brown – and magnificent splashes of autumn hues . Here in the Ozarks , common people locomote to see the colour , which is every bit as beautiful as New England , the roads are less crowded and the conditions is warmer . Fall festival abound and there are apples , cyder , pumpkins , gourds and squash at roadside base . At the Ozark Folk Center Heritage Herb Gardens , gardeneners and volunteers are busy harvesting herbs to dry out , seed to dry out for next year , affect cranky plants in to the greenhouses and coldframes and tidy up for winter . There are lots of visitant – besides the garden , the guile village is a heavy place to visit with hands - on demos and first - person rendering – and there is always local musician playing music.www.ozarkfolkcenter.com

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Sassafras leaves are turning lovely shades of pink and coral. This plant is easily identified because of the three different leaf shapes on one plant: oval-shaped, mitten-shaped, and three-lobed. And then there is the aromatic rootbeer odor when the bark is rubbed or leaves are crumbled. Click on pix to enlarge and read captions.Photo/Illustration: Susan Belsinger