Comments on: sandburs http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2006/10/18/sandburs/ Gardening, rural life, nature and general observations from a west Texas perspective. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:48:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Cowtown Pattie http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2006/10/18/sandburs/#comment-17525 Cowtown Pattie Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:03:42 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2006/10/18/sandburs/#comment-17525 I think we called them grassburs. And, crapola yes, I remember them. Especially honery if you get them all tangled in cotton shoestrings... The worst was getting the bottoms of your rubber flip flops covered in 'em. I usually just threw the shoes away and told mama I lost 'em. I think we called them grassburs. And, crapola yes, I remember them. Especially honery if you get them all tangled in cotton shoestrings…

The worst was getting the bottoms of your rubber flip flops covered in ‘em. I usually just threw the shoes away and told mama I lost ‘em.

]]> By: Lu http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2006/10/18/sandburs/#comment-17479 Lu Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:42:44 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2006/10/18/sandburs/#comment-17479 You certainly know what sandburs are if you live and were raised in Oklahoma..a few miles west is a place named Burbank and supposedly it was named after the many sandburs or cockleburs there on a bluff/bank....a few miles south is a place named Hominy..And I will save that legend or story for another day! Reading these names, you have to realize NE Oklahoma is Indian country.. More interesting reading here, if you like.. http://www.oklanature.com/prod/osagehistory.html Glad to read someone still plants the wildflowers...they are so lovely to look at.. You certainly know what sandburs are if you live and were raised in Oklahoma..a few miles west is a place named Burbank and supposedly it was named after the many sandburs or cockleburs there on a bluff/bank….a few miles south is a place named Hominy..And I will save that legend or story for another day! Reading these names, you have to realize NE Oklahoma is Indian country..
More interesting reading here, if you like..

http://www.oklanature.com/prod/osagehistory.html

Glad to read someone still plants the wildflowers…they are so lovely to look at..

]]> By: Pam/Digging http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2006/10/18/sandburs/#comment-17458 Pam/Digging Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:05:14 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2006/10/18/sandburs/#comment-17458 You can get those burrs in the city too. Friends in Rosedale in central Austin had a lawn infested with the darn things. You can get those burrs in the city too. Friends in Rosedale in central Austin had a lawn infested with the darn things.

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