Phillipa 2, Hi, I loved melons too, until they tried to kill me!! I note that of late cucumbers are beginning to also make my throat swell, a great pity but not too surprising as they are the same family!
people just need to be sensible - the nanny state is really getting rather ridiculous! How did the human race survive the last couple of million years without people being told what to do ……….
Your'e more likely to die of an accident in your own home or driving your car to and from work than be poisoned in your own garden. I've seen so many people die from sudden events and sad as it was to see, if I die in my garden, at least I would die happy. I can't think of a place where I would rather pop my clogs.
well... with so many new to gardening appearing on these forums... they ought to be warned....
...people are very quick to discourage the planting of Leyland conifers...running bamboo... Stag's Horn Sumach... yet the message here is that any threat from Aconitum's is inconsequential... just wear gloves because we really cannot be without them...
We need information then we can assess risk, take precautions and get on with our lives. We look both ways before we cross the road and we're careful with boiling water. I use an oven glove before taking a hot casserole out of the oven and I'm careful when handling sharp knives.
We protect small children from danger and as they grow we teach them how to protect themselves.
That's life
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
obelixx, rhubarb leaves are poisonous, I think that was the point.
I too err on the side of common sense. We grew up with a massive Sorbus in the garden, we were told never to eat anything from the garden without checking with Mum first.
I reckon it must have been some sort of anaphalaxic reaction. As has been said, many ( including my elder daughter ) can die after eating nuts, but we don't become hysterical about it. We just deal with it and move on.
I know Hostafan but we're thinkng of moving to the Charente when OH retires so I'd like to know why rhubarb won't grow. It's a staple here for crumbles and chutneys and jams.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
When, as one of those young people, I moved into a new house and started prodding around the garden not really knowing what I was doing the first thing I did (after hacking back the lawn) was put on a pair of jazzy gardening gloves and kept my phone nearby (us young folk can't bare to be without our phones) so I could photograph plants flowers and leafs I didn't recognise to later search the internet as to their identity.
Plants are dangerous. Life is dangerous. Should we be banning scissors in case I forget to respect the unknown and decide to try running with them?
(No laughing KEF - I could probably run if I really wanted too!)
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Phillipa 2, Hi, I loved melons too, until they tried to kill me!! I note that of late cucumbers are beginning to also make my throat swell, a great pity but not too surprising as they are the same family!
people just need to be sensible - the nanny state is really getting rather ridiculous! How did the human race survive the last couple of million years without people being told what to do ……….
What's 'UP' with melons then?
Your'e more likely to die of an accident in your own home or driving your car to and from work than be poisoned in your own garden. I've seen so many people die from sudden events and sad as it was to see, if I die in my garden, at least I would die happy. I can't think of a place where I would rather pop my clogs.
well... with so many new to gardening appearing on these forums... they ought to be warned....
...people are very quick to discourage the planting of Leyland conifers...running bamboo... Stag's Horn Sumach... yet the message here is that any threat from Aconitum's is inconsequential... just wear gloves because we really cannot be without them...
... not my message...
We need information then we can assess risk, take precautions and get on with our lives. We look both ways before we cross the road and we're careful with boiling water. I use an oven glove before taking a hot casserole out of the oven and I'm careful when handling sharp knives.
We protect small children from danger and as they grow we teach them how to protect themselves.
That's life
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Busy - No rhubarb?? Too hot, too cold, too dry?
It copes fine with extremes of temperature here and on an alkaline soil but it is very fertile and they get plenty of compost.
obelixx, rhubarb leaves are poisonous, I think that was the point.
I too err on the side of common sense. We grew up with a massive Sorbus in the garden, we were told never to eat anything from the garden without checking with Mum first.
I reckon it must have been some sort of anaphalaxic reaction. As has been said, many ( including my elder daughter ) can die after eating nuts, but we don't become hysterical about it. We just deal with it and move on.
I know Hostafan but we're thinkng of moving to the Charente when OH retires so I'd like to know why rhubarb won't grow. It's a staple here for crumbles and chutneys and jams.
When, as one of those young people, I moved into a new house and started prodding around the garden not really knowing what I was doing the first thing I did (after hacking back the lawn) was put on a pair of jazzy gardening gloves and kept my phone nearby (us young folk can't bare to be without our phones) so I could photograph plants flowers and leafs I didn't recognise to later search the internet as to their identity.
Plants are dangerous. Life is dangerous. Should we be banning scissors in case I forget to respect the unknown and decide to try running with them?
(No laughing KEF - I could probably run if I really wanted too!)