Absolutely! Turmeric is an anti-inflammatory. I had no idea until I started down a holistic health approach and discovered that all the things that I grew up on and enjoy very much, like onions, garlic, ginger, turmeric, pepper, are good for the body. These are all staples in our home so it's really nice to be able to grow them.

lol, I use turmeric all the time and have the stains to prove it. With the fresh turmeric, my fingers are stained for a couple of days...but they leave a quite pleasant flavor on my fingers for nibbling

Since I'm not good at posting a picture here, I direct you to my blog for an unexpected flower: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2024/09/bountiful-garden.html

A painting, a poem, and some quotes on the Cross: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2024/09/exaltation-of-holy-cross.html

If only Joro spiders ate lanternflies, they would be my new best friends. The West Virginia eastern panhandle seems infested with the lanternflies, which, oddly, I have encountered mostly at gas stations. (Praying mantises like parking lots, another "huh?")

It took me a while to identify the lanternflies. I saw them several weeks ago on a tree of heaven on my neighbor's property; they were clustered together so tightly around the base of the trunk that they almost made a garment. They're a boring tan color with dots unless their wings spread, and then you see the red. I alerted my neighbor, who cut down the tree and burned it. Lanternflies damage crops, especially grapes and apples. Virginia, nearby, has many vineyards. My part of West Virginia has many apple and peach orchards.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-e&q=lantern+fly