Petersburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
Laetiporus sulphureus is a species of bracket fungus (fungi that grow on trees) found in Europe and North America. Its common names are crab-of-the-woods, sulphur polypore, sulphur shelf, and chicken-of-the-woods. Its fruit bodies grow as striking golden-yellow shelf-like structures on tree trunks and branches. Old fruitbodies fade to pale beige or pale grey. The undersurface of the fruit body is made up of tubelike pores rather than gills.
I bought this abandoned home circa 1888 on Mercury Street for only $5,000 in Petersburg, Virginia at a tax sale and I have been getting to work restoring this structure here in Petersburg, Virginia a city with over 2,900 blighted and vacant structures, according to the 2020 United States Census. This week I am restoring the gutters and the chimney stack. I would also like to thank Meta for Creators for sponsoring me throughout this endeavor.
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Carduus pycnocephalus, with common names including Italian thistle, Italian plumeless thistle, and Plymouth thistle, is a species of thistle. It is native to: the Mediterranean region in southern Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia; East Europe and the Caucasus; and the Indian Subcontinent.
I bought this abandoned home circa 1888 on Mercury Street for only $5,000 in Petersburg, Virginia and I have been getting to work on stabilizing this structure here in Petersburg, Virginia a city with over 2,900 blighted and vacant structures, according to the 2020 United States Census. I would also like to thank Meta for Creators for sponsoring me throughout this endeavor.
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Storeria dekayi, commonly known as the brown snake or De Kay’s snake, is a small species of colubrid snake.
Vicia sativa, known as the common vetch, garden vetch, tare or simply vetch, is a nitrogen-fixing leguminous plant in the family Fabaceae. Although considered a weed when found growing in a cultivated grainfield, this hardy plant is often grown as green manure or livestock fodder.
I’m still renovating this abandoned home I bought for $6,000 bucks at a tax sale in 2022, please join me as I begin to restore the roof! I plan on putting out a weekly video of the progress on my abandoned homes here in Petersburg, Virginia a city with over 2,900 blighted and vacant structures, according to the 2020 United States Census. #PetersburgVirginia #Renovation #Progress
Parasola plicatilis is a small saprotrophic mushroom with a plicate cap (diameter up to 35 mm). It is a widely distributed species in Europe and North America. This ink cap species is a decomposer which can be found in grassy areas, alone, scattered or in small groups. The fruiting bodies grow at night after rain, and will self decompose after spore dispersion is achieved. Otherwise, they are quickly dried up in morning sunlight, or will eventually collapse…
Carphophis amoenus, commonly known as the worm snake, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid endemic to the Eastern United States. C. amoenus can be found east of the Mississippi, from southwest Massachusetts south to southern Alabama west to Louisiana and then north to Illinois. This species of snake protects a large range, and normally prefers a moist habitat in the rocky woodlands, under rotten wood of logs and stumps. Though this snake is quite abundant over…
