tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022216829037318291.post140316787147593150..comments2024-02-17T05:19:25.175-05:00Comments on The Buckeye Botanist: Spring's First BloomersAndrew Lane Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01555125434346996812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022216829037318291.post-79685943769621068172015-05-14T20:20:57.275-04:002015-05-14T20:20:57.275-04:00Thank you for the correction, WM. No worries, I h...Thank you for the correction, WM. No worries, I hardly think the other two tick species are harmless as they do indeed carry a mess of other nasty ailments. I just make specific mention of the deer tick because I never used to see them and now they seem to be the tick I pull off myself the most in this area of the state. Since they're so new I want to make sure people know they are out there and Lyme disease is now a much greater risk in Ohio. I've always wondered apart from being disease-carriers for mammalians, what role ticks play in the natural order and if they'd really be all that missed if they were to all disappear overnight haha.Andrew Lane Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01555125434346996812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022216829037318291.post-91961111887122397672015-05-12T21:20:56.737-04:002015-05-12T21:20:56.737-04:00Those goldenstar-lililes are tremendously beautifu...Those goldenstar-lililes are tremendously beautiful -- I've never been fortunate enough to see them.<br /><br />Please don't think that dog and lone star ticks are innocuous. They both can carry diseases that have the potential to really damage a person's long or short-term health. Lyme (not Lyme's) disease is a truly ugly malady if left untreated for any length of time. Lyme disease was named for the area (Old Lyme, Connecticut) where it first became readily apparent as a health problem. Interestingly, there was a malady called "Montauk knee" on New York's Long Island in the mid-1800s; the descriptions of that condition sound a lot like what we now call Lyme disease. Woody Meristemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17042498252608254901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022216829037318291.post-2820408186410230552015-05-04T08:26:47.571-04:002015-05-04T08:26:47.571-04:00Beautiful group of wildflowers! We have only some...Beautiful group of wildflowers! We have only some of those here, and they'd just be in bloom now. But I'm intrigued to see Cedar described as rare. They're so common here, the most interesting ones also growing on limestone cliffs.The Furry Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485265576983125216noreply@blogger.com