Post your seeds and pods

Park Ranger wrote in post #19081521
As far as I know it’s not used for any type of animal or human food. I see on google that some places sell it as a ground cover because of the way it looks (my wife LOVES it). It is a really pretty grass when mature. Also noticed the sellers mention that it was deer and other critter resistant.

First I ever saw was on our pasture about 20 years ago. Just a lonely clump blowing in breeze. A professional seed man was on our property (we were getting reseeded after a power line cut across us). He spotted the clump and was Really excited and asked if he could get a sample.

That land burned badly in 2011 but my wife had some seeds lost in her purse. Lol We planted a couple year before last here at our new place and rest is history.

Sorry to all for long answer.

Really interesting that you have a sorghum that acts the same way!

Ours is not the sorghum that is grown for feed, it's a native annual species and is by far the dominant grass species that forms the understory of our tropical open woodlands and savannahs. It is certainly not pretty. It germinates in October (or later if the rains are delayed) and matures in March, when it sends up seed heads 5-10 ft high. They drop seed and brown off in April, when the last of the wet season storms (known as 'knock-'em-downs) blow them over and mat them up, leaving them ready to burn. We burn off this understory from April 'til July, by which time the air is too dry for lighting fires as the fires no longer go out overnight, and from July to October can burn for weeks on end.

Pippan wrote in post #19081524
Ours is not the sorghum that is grown for feed, it's a native annual species and is by far the dominant grass species that forms the understory of our tropical open woodlands and savannahs. It is certainly not pretty. It germinates in October (or later if the rains are delayed) and matures in March, when it sends up seed heads 5-10 ft high. They drop seed and brown off in April, when the last of the wet season storms (known as 'knock-'em-downs) blow them over and mat them up, leaving them ready to burn. We burn off this understory from April 'til July, by which time the air is too dry for lighting fires as the fires no longer go out overnight, and from July to October can burn for weeks on end.

Well beauty is subjective I suppose.
This, as a single small clump lit by proper lighting pretty blowing in a breeze.
But I’ve also seen this lately growing heavily along a highway ditch right of way. It looked like a tangled mess and fire waiting to happen.

Sounds like they’re family. !?

Hopefully our little patch won’t get away from us.

Lester Wareham wrote in post #19081643

Lester, I really like this shot. It also gave me a flashback moment as well, especially after looking at your settings. It was about 1970 and near Cantwell, AK. Tripod setup with bellows hanging from bottom of center post(such fun with them old tripods). I was trying to lineup on a little ladies slipper type flower. It hung over just like yours and shutter speed was about the same.
...anyway.
Thanks for your beautiful photo and having me recall a wonderful moment in my life! ,
Best

Makes me think of a dancer...

poppies

Lester Wareham wrote in post #19082726

Was this meant to go in Flowers? I don't see seeds or pods.

Wait a week and they'll be wilted and starting to seed

avondale87 wrote in post #19084192
Wait a week and they'll be wilted and starting to seed

Yeah, time isn't real.

Kent Hopfield and Oast Houses (or Hop Kilns) UK. c1960. Used for drying the freshly picked hops spread over a wood or charcoal fire. This was part of the brewing process. Hop growing and hop picking was a tradition in Kent for many years and hop pickers with their families would come down from London and further afield to spend their holidays in very basic huts provided for their accommodation. This tradition seemed to die out in the 1950s.
Most of the oast houses in Kent and Sussex have now been converted into trendy living accommodation.

Scanned Leica M3 negs from 1960.

Ray.Petri wrote in post #19084394
Kent Hopfield and Oast Houses (or Hop Kilns) UK. c1960. Used for drying the freshly picked hops spread over a wood or charcoal fire. This was part of the brewing process. Hop growing and hop picking was a tradition in Kent for many years and hop pickers with their families would come down from London and further afield to spend their holidays in very basic huts provided for their accommodation. This tradition seemed to die out in the 1950s.
Most of the oast houses in Kent and Sussex have now been converted into trendy living accommodation.

Scanned Leica M3 negs from 1960.

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Well I have to admit, the English do make the best beer in the world.

Pippan wrote in post #19084400
Well I have to admit, the English do make the best beer in the world.

Very true, Pippan - But we do have a few faults, or so some tell us.

Ray.Petri wrote in post #19084403
But we do have a few faults, or so some tell us.

We wouldn't want you to forget about them. BTW, I love seeing your 60 year old photos. You must have been a mere toddler back then!

Pippan wrote in post #19084411
We wouldn't want you to forget about them. BTW, I love seeing your 60 year old photos. You must have been a mere toddler back then!

Thanks Pippan, I love re-processing the B/W negs. First time I've had time to look at or appreciate them. Most of them didn't seem important at the time. Brings back memories.
Photoshop also makes editing and cropping some of the little imperfections out. I like comparing them with present time and seeing if the details have altered. I posted a couple in 'Post your 2020 landscapes!' (60 years too early to really qualify) a few days ago to compare with TheLaird's recent posting and also put one on 'Fences'. Wife says - "Too much time on your hands"