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  1. HarryS

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    I have loads as well , if anyone wants some please PM me :biggrin:
    The bloomin' stuff is so rampant I am sure it could solve a famine or two .
     
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      You could - dead people don't eat!!!!!
       
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        So I presume Spurge is a touch poisonous :hate-shocked:
         
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          Source : Poisonous Plants, Lucia Woodward.
           
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            Sounds like my kind of Saturday night fun! :biggrin:
             
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              I had a friend who used to come round, go thru my poisonous plants book, then go out and try things :doh:

              I called him death wish Johnny...
               
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                @Zigs I guess it does make sense if someone at least tries if things are poisonous! Perhaps not the wisest of ideas though!
                 
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                  @Victoria , just found Chickweed as well in the back garden . At least I can identify the blighters now from @Zigs side by side post :blue thumb:
                   
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                    Chickweed is nice fried up in a bit of butter with salt an pepper :)
                     
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                      Ahh but somebody must have tried it in the first place for it to get in a book of poisonous plants :rolleyespink: :th scifD36: :doh::heehee:
                       
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