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The World's Most Dangerous Tree

celticeagle @celticeagle (189851) • Boise, Idaho 18 Oct

Many of us know of such infamous and poisonous plants as the Castor Bean (Recinos communis), the Poisonous Hemlock (Conium maculatum), Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and the Opium Poppy (Papaver semniferum). But the one...

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That Lovely Bush

celticeagle @celticeagle (189851) • Boise, Idaho 6 Jan 24

I was just reading something that reminded me of this lovely flower bush my mom had on one side of her house. It had dark green leaves and the flowers were purple and yellow. They were lovely. I never picked any of them, just...

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Foods A-Z - E is for Eggplant

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222417) • United States 6 May 20

Although considered to be a vegetable, the eggplant is a berry and a member of the nightshade family and related to the tomato and potato. Its skin, spongy fruit and seeds can be eaten. Because the plant is related to the...

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Experimenting on my daughter

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 10 Oct 13

So far with my daughter's arthritis, we have definitely determined that it gets better when we take gluten out of her diet. We are trying to make a determination with nightshades too (potato,tomato, peppers, eggplant). We had...

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Crop Rotation

belindayhughes @belindayhughes (1096) • United States 1 Mar 13

Crop Rotation is an important part of the gardening process. It helps you increase yields, reduce diseases and pests and nourish the soil. Large scale farmers practice crop rotation by planting cotton in a plot one year, then...

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Night Shade Foods

godloves @godloves (142) • United States 3 Jun 11

I have read a few things about so called "Night shade foods" they seem to be plants and veggirs. It also seems as if they are something to eat in moderation. I havnt google them yet...just wondering if any one here has any...

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Did you know.......

imsilver @imsilver (1665) • Canada 24 Sep 09

......that eggplant has nicotine in it? I didn't know that until about 5 minutes ago. I was doing a few take 10 at Pickjack.com and that was a question on there. I'm not sure I believed it so I googled it and sure enough it was...

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