We did end up moving the #MilkThistle to the backyard #FoodForest, and it seems to have taken!

So, this may look like a bunch of weeds to some folks, but this is actually a budding #FoodForest in my backyard (in between the barn and our gray "garage"). There is #MilkThistle, #Raspberries, #Burdock, and the little white flowers near the ground are the #WildStrawberries I planted in that spot last year that not only took, but spread! Yay!

#SolarPunkSunday #Gardening #GardeningForPollinators #GardeningForWildlife #BackyardGardening

#MilkThistle #plant #foliage is gorgeous 😍
They're growing alongside some sorrel & miners lettuce plants.
Die Milchfleckdistel ist angepasst an salzhaltigen Boden. Die in Sizilien heimische Pflanze speichert Wasser in ihren fleischigen Trieben und übersteht Trockenperioden mühelos. Ihre weiße, milchige Saftflüssigkeit gibt ihr den Namen und schützt vor Fraß. Jetzt im Winter öffnen sich ihre Blütenköpfe.
28.12.2025, #Italy #Sicily #Marsala #milkThistle #thistle #halophyte #flower #blossom #bloom [1]