I sow the seeds, prick out, pot on, plant out, cut down, and have down for years, never wear gloves, almost everything in the garden is poisonous in some way, heres just a short list.
Here’s a quick review of some of the most common toxic plants in your garden,
Think that’s my problem, too much google time on my hands, confined to barracks as its 35degC out there - 5 less than yesterday tho, going down, yay!
Funnily enough I don’t have any of the ones on Lyn’s list. Used to have lots of aloe vera tho, that’s a surprise since you can make a juice from the gel or rub it on your skin. And who in their right minds would chew the spiky bit? More likely to die of asphyxiation if you shoved that down your throat. I think you must have special witchy immunity powers, @Lyn. Just be careful folks, if she offers you a cup of ‘herbal’ tea... 🧙♀️
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I use aloe vera gel on bites. It works so long as you haven't scratched them. Must remember not to lick it😜. I'm sure I 've seen av drinks in health food and though.
Imagine the millions of aconitums raised in nurseries all over the world every year. Handled countless times, loaded on and off lorries into garden centres, handled there , moved to folks garden and handled periodically thereafter and how many folk have any of us heard of dying from said handling? My daughter could die from eating a cashew nut, doesn't mean everyone will have the same theoretical outcome. Caution is good, paranoia isn't.
Some people take risks with skiing, driving fast etc. I'll stick with my aconitum and other toxic but pretty plants . No dogs or children here though, and the cat is an indoors boy.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
And then there's potatoes and rhubarb and cashews.. I understand that if you drink too much water, it's poisonous. (I don't mean drowning!) Some plants or parts of plants are not meant to be ingested at all but anything in excess can be poisonous. The way I look at it is, if a person is silly enough to eat a garden plant without checking its toxicity, they're silly enough to find some other way of damaging themselves. It's nature's way
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heres just a short list.
Here’s a quick review of some of the most common toxic plants in your garden,
Funnily enough I don’t have any of the ones on Lyn’s list. Used to have lots of aloe vera tho, that’s a surprise since you can make a juice from the gel or rub it on your skin. And who in their right minds would chew the spiky bit? More likely to die of asphyxiation if you shoved that down your throat. I think you must have special witchy immunity powers, @Lyn. Just be careful folks, if she offers you a cup of ‘herbal’ tea... 🧙♀️
Must remember not to lick it😜. I'm sure I 've seen av drinks in health food and though.
My daughter could die from eating a cashew nut, doesn't mean everyone will have the same theoretical outcome.
Caution is good, paranoia isn't.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
The way I look at it is, if a person is silly enough to eat a garden plant without checking its toxicity, they're silly enough to find some other way of damaging themselves. It's nature's way