Non Toxic Plants

Hangs up on all tlhe fibers (left); close up of torn, shredded fibers from the saw (right)Agave leaves in yard being cut with a utility razor. I do realize this is an optional procedure, and I always shake my head when I end up bleeding more than necessary...

Some individuals are not susceptible to the toxicity of, but others are so vulnerable that only brief contact with an offending plant can be dangerous or even fatal. My granddaughter brushed against aand, one hour later, had huge hives all over her arms.

According to folklore, the hellebore was used by witches to summon demons. However, many of the plants mentioned in the series are quite real and have a long and storied history. Devil's snare, fanged geranium, bubotuber, snargaluff and puffapod are just...

Hardy to at least Zone 6.Further information on other favorite Euphorbias can be found in PlantFiles: More Euphorbias! If my "untamed passion" has persuaded you to add Euphorbias to your garden, take a look at a few of the exciting new selections I'll...

When the capsules are mature and dry out, they explode, scattering their beans. Fortunately, extracting the oil without the ricin is a fairly simple process. The "Ebers Papyrus" is an ancient Egyptian medical treatise believed to date from 1552 BC.

There are readily available lists of toxic plants for people, dogs and cats and these lists are repeated over and over again on the internet and in magazines.But as a veterinarian I am usually less interested in whether something is called toxic versus...

It was many years before people understood that they had actually suffered a type of poisoning, called tremetol poisoning, rather than contracting a contagious illness.Doctor Anna Pierce Hobbs Bixby is credited with making the connection in the 1830's...

I have lost my ability to identify wildflowers. I guess I finally lost so many of them, Aunt Bett got the message and never insisted that I wear one any more. Same goes for pharmacies.

The soil pH does not seem to matter as they grow equally well in acidic or alkaline soil. They generally resent transplanting and will sulk their first year but then they rebound, perhaps too vigorously! It is best to transplant them in fall rather than...

Seeds were saved and sent to Philadelphia to a horticulturist named Bernard McMahon. The cuttings thrived at Monticello and Jefferson wrote back to McMahon in October that they had "some of the most beautiful berries I have ever seen." The following year,...

How toxic does a toxic plant have to be to be toxic or non-toxic? Some substances are very mildly toxic, but if one were to ingest enough of it, significant poisoning could occur.If a dog ate 100 lbs of lawn clippings, it would certainly become very ill,...

The following article will introduce the reader to some of these interesting, but highly toxic plants. Jatrophas are Euphorbia relatives that can make interesting ornamentals as potted plants, or outdoors in warmer climates.

When I first saw them, my initial impression was that they looked like ladybugs, minus the spots! They self-seed readily, and can become invasive in areas with a compatible climate.

It used to grow wild up the guide wires that held electrical poles in place back in the mountains of southeast Kentucky. I told her it was all Billy's fault.[1] Magic and Medicine of Plants, The Reader's Digest, 1986.Photographs are from Plant Files.

For this reason, such foods as chili should not be made with kidney beans in a slow cooker at the low setting without first boiling the beans.For the safest results in cooking dried kidney beans, they should first be soaked for several hours, the soaking...

Common foxgloves have spectacular blooms and are fairly easy to grow. The seeds mostly stay inside the upright pods. The pods turn dry and brown in similar fashion. The seeds are easy to collect, share with fellow gardeners, or sow in other areas in your...

We were sitting in a clover patch, and for awhile we looked for four leafed clovers. At one time, it was also used internally for neuralgia and particularly for tinnitus and various other ear problems.

Some seem to make some sense. One might admire the tenacity if the plant didn't have that one glaring fault.. This may be due to intermarriage with people of European or African ancestry, who generally are not immune, or it may be be due to not living...

My mouth did feel strange, and was still set in a sort of open pucker, and I could feel the weird fuzziness the comfrey leaf had left on it. When Aunt Bett realized what I was doing, she grabbed that leaf from my mouth and threw it on the ground, smashing...

His folks done found him layin' thar when they went to milk ol' Bessie next mornin', and young Mason warn't movin'. She said: "Young Mason done gone ahind the barn and picked him some leaves to dry so's he could have him a smoke or two.

But beware; I have received a few of the "crazy looks" when I mention this strange paradox between Cashews and Poison Ivy.The moral of the story is: If you eat a truly raw cashew, it might be the last cashew you ever eat.http://www.wisegeek.com/are-raw-cashews-really-poisonous.htmFor...

Maximum hpn staph aureus : nil (1000 mc) substance : crystals solubility : 100% dry and free flowing sediments : none granulation : medium to fine magnetic particles : 4 mg/kg maximum so2 content: mg/kg 0,327 max.

Equidone Gel is used for the prevention of fescue toxicosis in periparturient mares. Equidone Gel is given orally. The recommended dosage is 0.5 mg per lb once daily starting 10-15 days prior to Expected Foaling Date (EFD).

They cut grass with push mowers whose blades the men had honed to razor sharpness the night before. I am taking you for a ride in my time machine, back to the late 40's when there was no concern about invasive plants.

In our enthusiastic haste to get out into the garden as spring approaches, we sometimes forget the hidden hazards lurking about our property. When working around it, cover up, wear gloves, and dispose of the plants in plastic bags.

1.Active ingredients: The main active ingredients of two anthracene ketone compounds such as hypericin (Hypericin) and so on. We hope you will give us reply by return mail so that we should start business with you immediately.

Philonotis moss extract is based on Chinese Daxinanling virgin forest where the wild by the growth of true moss (alias, silver leaf true moss) as raw material, the use of modern technology, supercritical CO2 extraction of active ingredients based powerful...