Genus Bar Podcast
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Friends who chat about the genera of plants which enhance our lives and ecosystems. Plants first (botany) then associated wildlife, then indigenous uses foraging, growing, and herbalism.
We are here to help promote connection to the more than human world.
We are here to help promote connection to the more than human world.
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Announcing the release of our second episode, Genus Rubus, at noon today! What wild diversity with blackberries, raspberries, dewberries and more.
Find us by searching Genus Bar on your podcast app.
#podcast #plantpodcast #newpodcast #nativeplants #ecoregion59 #foraging #grownative #permaculture
Find us by searching Genus Bar on your podcast app.
#podcast #plantpodcast #newpodcast #nativeplants #ecoregion59 #foraging #grownative #permaculture
This is how you do it.
October 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is how you do it.
Aromatic asters (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) have two useful names. One for oblong leaves which seem to make geometric shapes of the rosettes. One for the aromatic foliage, like balsam. Here they are with Licorice Goldenrod (Solidago odora) in our native herb garden.
#nativeplants #herbalism
#nativeplants #herbalism
September 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Aromatic asters (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) have two useful names. One for oblong leaves which seem to make geometric shapes of the rosettes. One for the aromatic foliage, like balsam. Here they are with Licorice Goldenrod (Solidago odora) in our native herb garden.
#nativeplants #herbalism
#nativeplants #herbalism
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Happy Vernal Equinox, folks! Virginia Creeper is looking lovely today, at the South Acton Train Station (MA). It's slowly filling in a fence in dense shade. I need to talk to the town about letting me hop that fence and cut some Asiatic Bittersweet and Norway Maple.
#nativeplants #ecoregion59
#nativeplants #ecoregion59
September 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Happy Vernal Equinox, folks! Virginia Creeper is looking lovely today, at the South Acton Train Station (MA). It's slowly filling in a fence in dense shade. I need to talk to the town about letting me hop that fence and cut some Asiatic Bittersweet and Norway Maple.
#nativeplants #ecoregion59
#nativeplants #ecoregion59
This little guy was feasting on the Goldenrods (Solidago) sticking out of our Allegheny Blackberry (Rubus allegheniesis) patch. He is a male Monarch (Danaus plexippus): note the thin stripes with the thick spot on his hind wings.
#nativeplants #ecoregion59 #butterflies #lepidoptera #insects
#nativeplants #ecoregion59 #butterflies #lepidoptera #insects
September 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This little guy was feasting on the Goldenrods (Solidago) sticking out of our Allegheny Blackberry (Rubus allegheniesis) patch. He is a male Monarch (Danaus plexippus): note the thin stripes with the thick spot on his hind wings.
#nativeplants #ecoregion59 #butterflies #lepidoptera #insects
#nativeplants #ecoregion59 #butterflies #lepidoptera #insects
It is still summer. On our morning walk, Ezra and I were very cross with this Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticillata) for indicating otherwise. But rather than call her (dioecious -> berries on females only) out I realized that I was wearing a hoodie l, so I couldn't talk.
#nativeplants #ecoregion59
#nativeplants #ecoregion59
September 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It is still summer. On our morning walk, Ezra and I were very cross with this Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticillata) for indicating otherwise. But rather than call her (dioecious -> berries on females only) out I realized that I was wearing a hoodie l, so I couldn't talk.
#nativeplants #ecoregion59
#nativeplants #ecoregion59
I wish we had yarrow powder when I was a wrestler in HS. It is better for stopping bleeding than the q-tips of silver nitrate coach used to cauterize my nose so I could finish wrestling matches. Instead of having me sneeze blood for weeks, it would have helped me to heal.
#nativeplants #herbalism
#nativeplants #herbalism
Yarrow is a great filler for a garden bed, a native host and nectar plant. But did you know that many Roman soldiers carried it to stop their bleeding? Instant stopped a welling cut on my finger just now. It is antibacterial and speeds wound healing.
#yarrow #herbalism #nativeplants #gardening
#yarrow #herbalism #nativeplants #gardening
September 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I wish we had yarrow powder when I was a wrestler in HS. It is better for stopping bleeding than the q-tips of silver nitrate coach used to cauterize my nose so I could finish wrestling matches. Instead of having me sneeze blood for weeks, it would have helped me to heal.
#nativeplants #herbalism
#nativeplants #herbalism
Found a little friend eating the parsley this morning. This beautiful Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) caterpillar is my first sighting of the year, despite us growing Lovage, parsley dill, and a native host: Angelica atropurpurea.
#hostplants #lepidoptera #butterflies #insects #bugs
#hostplants #lepidoptera #butterflies #insects #bugs
September 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Found a little friend eating the parsley this morning. This beautiful Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) caterpillar is my first sighting of the year, despite us growing Lovage, parsley dill, and a native host: Angelica atropurpurea.
#hostplants #lepidoptera #butterflies #insects #bugs
#hostplants #lepidoptera #butterflies #insects #bugs
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The only way to deal with a tyrant is to stand up to him.
Harvard — where I taught many years ago — is doing just that.
Harvard — where I taught many years ago — is doing just that.
September 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The only way to deal with a tyrant is to stand up to him.
Harvard — where I taught many years ago — is doing just that.
Harvard — where I taught many years ago — is doing just that.
Birdwatching from our kitchen: a Goldfinch eating the aphids and a Hummingbird, too sus of me to eat. Our Common Evening Primroses are our bird feeders. They provide seed in October, but are a sturdy buggy perch from August on.
#nativeplants #ecogarden #wildlife #birdwatching #nature #ecoregion59
#nativeplants #ecogarden #wildlife #birdwatching #nature #ecoregion59
September 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Birdwatching from our kitchen: a Goldfinch eating the aphids and a Hummingbird, too sus of me to eat. Our Common Evening Primroses are our bird feeders. They provide seed in October, but are a sturdy buggy perch from August on.
#nativeplants #ecogarden #wildlife #birdwatching #nature #ecoregion59
#nativeplants #ecogarden #wildlife #birdwatching #nature #ecoregion59
Announcing the release of our second episode, Genus Rubus, at noon today! What wild diversity with blackberries, raspberries, dewberries and more.
Find us by searching Genus Bar on your podcast app.
#podcast #plantpodcast #newpodcast #nativeplants #ecoregion59 #foraging #grownative #permaculture
Find us by searching Genus Bar on your podcast app.
#podcast #plantpodcast #newpodcast #nativeplants #ecoregion59 #foraging #grownative #permaculture
September 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Announcing the release of our second episode, Genus Rubus, at noon today! What wild diversity with blackberries, raspberries, dewberries and more.
Find us by searching Genus Bar on your podcast app.
#podcast #plantpodcast #newpodcast #nativeplants #ecoregion59 #foraging #grownative #permaculture
Find us by searching Genus Bar on your podcast app.
#podcast #plantpodcast #newpodcast #nativeplants #ecoregion59 #foraging #grownative #permaculture
Grow a native Solidago! Solidago odora is an excellent choice for tea or goldenrod soda. Use your local fieldy native species for goldenrod shoots in spring. They're all superlative hosts and nectar plants.
#nativeplants #ecoregion59 #wildlifehabitat #foodforest #invertebrates #lepidoptera #moths
#nativeplants #ecoregion59 #wildlifehabitat #foodforest #invertebrates #lepidoptera #moths
This Calico Paint Caterpillar would like to remind you that Solidago (goldenrods) are powerhouse herbs for lepidopterans, hosting more butterfly and moth caterpillars than any other. The bumblebees, Halictid bees and an array of wasps visit every day for nectar now. Birds will feast on seeds soon.
September 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Grow a native Solidago! Solidago odora is an excellent choice for tea or goldenrod soda. Use your local fieldy native species for goldenrod shoots in spring. They're all superlative hosts and nectar plants.
#nativeplants #ecoregion59 #wildlifehabitat #foodforest #invertebrates #lepidoptera #moths
#nativeplants #ecoregion59 #wildlifehabitat #foodforest #invertebrates #lepidoptera #moths
Sunchokes, Jerusalem Artichokes, Topinambur, ... Why the European names for this indigenous plant? Samuel de Champlain found the native people of Nauset Harbor in modern day MA growing it. But it's not native to MA? Here are my thoughts.
#nativeplants #wildfood #foodforest #ecologicalgardening
#nativeplants #wildfood #foodforest #ecologicalgardening
September 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Sunchokes, Jerusalem Artichokes, Topinambur, ... Why the European names for this indigenous plant? Samuel de Champlain found the native people of Nauset Harbor in modern day MA growing it. But it's not native to MA? Here are my thoughts.
#nativeplants #wildfood #foodforest #ecologicalgardening
#nativeplants #wildfood #foodforest #ecologicalgardening
Hello, who is this, please? I think this wasp was the one who chewed a hole in this Oenothera biennis bud, but I only caught it visiting, not chewing.
#insects #wasps #hymenoptera #mymecologists
#insects #wasps #hymenoptera #mymecologists
September 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Hello, who is this, please? I think this wasp was the one who chewed a hole in this Oenothera biennis bud, but I only caught it visiting, not chewing.
#insects #wasps #hymenoptera #mymecologists
#insects #wasps #hymenoptera #mymecologists
Feral apples and crabapples, ready to be juiced. We used a juicer, strained it, cooked it down, and mixed it with lemon juice for a canned sour mix that will last through the fall. Large, sweet, crisp feral apples, and tart, tasty large crabapples deserve to have their seeds spread IMO.
#foraging
#foraging
September 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Feral apples and crabapples, ready to be juiced. We used a juicer, strained it, cooked it down, and mixed it with lemon juice for a canned sour mix that will last through the fall. Large, sweet, crisp feral apples, and tart, tasty large crabapples deserve to have their seeds spread IMO.
#foraging
#foraging
We got together for a curry, some mixed drinks, and a fire last night. The curry had pokeweed stems from the freezer, and sumac powder in place of tamarind. Elderberry syrup, hemlock mugolio, and a feral apple, crabapple, and lemon sour mix were main ingredients in the drinks.
September 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We got together for a curry, some mixed drinks, and a fire last night. The curry had pokeweed stems from the freezer, and sumac powder in place of tamarind. Elderberry syrup, hemlock mugolio, and a feral apple, crabapple, and lemon sour mix were main ingredients in the drinks.
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Can I get a witness brothers and sisters.
Anyone on American soil has a right to due process, It's guaranteed by the Fifth & Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution, guaranteeing fair treatment under the law regardless of citizenship status.
Can you feel it
Come on down
Anyone on American soil has a right to due process, It's guaranteed by the Fifth & Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution, guaranteeing fair treatment under the law regardless of citizenship status.
Can you feel it
Come on down
August 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Can I get a witness brothers and sisters.
Anyone on American soil has a right to due process, It's guaranteed by the Fifth & Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution, guaranteeing fair treatment under the law regardless of citizenship status.
Can you feel it
Come on down
Anyone on American soil has a right to due process, It's guaranteed by the Fifth & Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution, guaranteeing fair treatment under the law regardless of citizenship status.
Can you feel it
Come on down
Opening up the path into our yard required harvesting some Blunt Mountain Mint. I plant mint by the path so I can watch a diversity of pollinators visit. This patch which I harvest is the most dense and productive patch of mint, and that's no coincidence.
#grownative #herbalism #nativeplants
#grownative #herbalism #nativeplants
August 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Opening up the path into our yard required harvesting some Blunt Mountain Mint. I plant mint by the path so I can watch a diversity of pollinators visit. This patch which I harvest is the most dense and productive patch of mint, and that's no coincidence.
#grownative #herbalism #nativeplants
#grownative #herbalism #nativeplants
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This won't stop until we ban the sale of locally invasive plants. The horticulture industry blames the consumer for wanting these plants; the average consumer has no idea they are planting something that is killing nature.
Support nurseries selling native plants. “But commercial nurseries that sell hundreds of different invasives are actually the primary pathway of invasive plant introduction.” www.umass.edu/news/article...
Study Finds Plant Nurseries are Exacerbating the Climate-driven Spread of 80% of Invasive Species | UMass Amherst
New research from UMass Amherst is the first to precisely map role of horticulture in spreading invasives, projecting ranges under 2 degrees Celsius of warming.
www.umass.edu
August 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This won't stop until we ban the sale of locally invasive plants. The horticulture industry blames the consumer for wanting these plants; the average consumer has no idea they are planting something that is killing nature.
With edible roots, shoots, leaves, flowers, and seeds, it's wild to me that this once popular native vegetable is labeled overly aggressive by native plant folks. I think it's because they are disconnected with the wild world, and want low/no-maintenance, instead of a crop that feeds wildlife too.
Common Evening Primrose and the Primrose Moth. We have this herb (Oenothera biennis) in abundance. The hummingbirds, bumblebees, and Japanese Beetles are wild about it. Goldfinches hunt beetles on the sturdy stems, then feast on seeds into the winter.
#nativeplants #ecoregion59 #bloomscrolling
#nativeplants #ecoregion59 #bloomscrolling
August 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
With edible roots, shoots, leaves, flowers, and seeds, it's wild to me that this once popular native vegetable is labeled overly aggressive by native plant folks. I think it's because they are disconnected with the wild world, and want low/no-maintenance, instead of a crop that feeds wildlife too.
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August 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Plant blindness is real. When I talk to people around my neighborhood, about how harmful and invasive Burning Bush (BB, Euonymus alatus) is in New England, they usually say theirs doesn't spread. Most also walk in this park, with trails lined by BB.
#nativeplants #invasivespecies #ecoregion59
#nativeplants #invasivespecies #ecoregion59
August 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Plant blindness is real. When I talk to people around my neighborhood, about how harmful and invasive Burning Bush (BB, Euonymus alatus) is in New England, they usually say theirs doesn't spread. Most also walk in this park, with trails lined by BB.
#nativeplants #invasivespecies #ecoregion59
#nativeplants #invasivespecies #ecoregion59
I made jelly, and I hardly even burned myself this time! The blisters are tiny; they hardly even count.
Same method for saving seeds as usual: food processor, jelly bag/strainer, then cook, instead of cooking with the seeds as most recipes recommend.
#homesteading #seedsaving #jelly
Same method for saving seeds as usual: food processor, jelly bag/strainer, then cook, instead of cooking with the seeds as most recipes recommend.
#homesteading #seedsaving #jelly
Vitis labrusca, Fox Grapes, are the wild species we bred to make the Concord grape. There are big, juicy wild ones in Acton, MA, two towns over from Concord. Concord grapes are the second best grape for making jelly, after their sour wild relatives.
#nativeplants #wildfood #foraging #ecoregion59
#nativeplants #wildfood #foraging #ecoregion59
August 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I made jelly, and I hardly even burned myself this time! The blisters are tiny; they hardly even count.
Same method for saving seeds as usual: food processor, jelly bag/strainer, then cook, instead of cooking with the seeds as most recipes recommend.
#homesteading #seedsaving #jelly
Same method for saving seeds as usual: food processor, jelly bag/strainer, then cook, instead of cooking with the seeds as most recipes recommend.
#homesteading #seedsaving #jelly
Giving thanks to the wild world for the harvest. Sambucus canadensis (Black Elderberry) and Vitus labrusca (Fox Grapes). Feral apples and a few blackberries to end that season.
#nativeplants #ecoregion59 #foraging #wildfood #berries #grapes #wildberries #elderberry
#nativeplants #ecoregion59 #foraging #wildfood #berries #grapes #wildberries #elderberry
August 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Giving thanks to the wild world for the harvest. Sambucus canadensis (Black Elderberry) and Vitus labrusca (Fox Grapes). Feral apples and a few blackberries to end that season.
#nativeplants #ecoregion59 #foraging #wildfood #berries #grapes #wildberries #elderberry
#nativeplants #ecoregion59 #foraging #wildfood #berries #grapes #wildberries #elderberry