While driving on Tom Jackson Rd yesterday I noticed the preponderance of Queen Anne's Lace in bloom. So, I stopped and snapped a photo or two. Folks around here also call it a Wild Carrot because when you pull up the root, it is indeed carrot-like. I think you can eat 'em, but I've never tried. My mother-in-law has a more descriptive term for Queen Anne's Lace. She calls it a 'good-for-nothing Chigger weed'. She claims that the pesky red chiggers love to co-habitate in the lacey area of the plant and just thinking about it makes her 'itch all over'.
