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bayberry - Word of the Day - Sat Jul 29, 2023

Myr

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bayberry - (noun) - 1: a shrub with small wax-coated berries; 2: any of the berries

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You can eat Bayberries, but most people don't find them desirable.

 

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Bill W
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The leaves on the bayberry shrub are leathery, but some people will substitute them in recipes the call for bay leaves.  

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Bill W
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I'll admit that when I first  saw that 'bayberry' was the word of the day, I thought of Mayberry, the fictional town in the old Andy Griffith Show.  

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I associate bayberry with Christmas. We always burned the aromatic green candles during the holiday.

The leaves are used to make bay rum.

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Libby Drew

Deer love them. Not the leaves, but they will mow the bare stems to the ground in the winter. 

Ask me how I know this. 

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4 hours ago, Libby Drew said:

Deer love them. Not the leaves, but they will mow the bare stems to the ground in the winter. 

Ask me how I know this. 

How do you know this?

Were you a deer in a past life, perhaps? 🤔

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drpaladin
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5 hours ago, Libby Drew said:

Deer love them. Not the leaves, but they will mow the bare stems to the ground in the winter. 

Ask me how I know this. 

Deer may not like the leaves because they generally get stewed with them.

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JamesSavik

Bayberry only makes it to USDA Zone 7 which barely touches the northernmost part of Mississippi.

Zone 8 & 9 where I live is too hot and humid for them.

 

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