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Last weed for now.. #86025 August 11th, 2005 at 06:57 PM
Joined: Jun 2004 West Virginia Meg OP Member
OP Meg Member Joined: Jun 2004 West Virginia	I think I already know this one.. but just in case.. here's 3 photos of this weed.. the flowers- buds, I'm guessing-

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Re: Last weed for now.. #86026 August 11th, 2005 at 07:05 PM
Joined: Jun 2004 West Virginia Meg OP Member
OP Meg Member Joined: Jun 2004 West Virginia	Thorny had this in a butterfly photo, and id'd it as pokeberries. Thought so! Meg

Re: Last weed for now.. #86027 August 11th, 2005 at 10:59 PM
Joined: May 2005 z6 S. Illinois MaryReboakly Member
MaryReboakly Member Joined: May 2005 z6 S. Illinois	Poke! Guess what - yep, I have that too Butterflies seem to like it, and it gets berries that feed the birds in fall/winter I believe...so I let a few hang around in the back.

Re: Last weed for now.. #86028 August 11th, 2005 at 11:00 PM
Joined: May 2005 z6 S. Illinois MaryReboakly Member
MaryReboakly Member Joined: May 2005 z6 S. Illinois	OH! where'd that post come from? LOL! Oh well

Re: Last weed for now.. #86029 August 11th, 2005 at 11:15 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas suzydaze Member
suzydaze Member Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas	poke salad, you can eat the leaves like greens but that's got too tall already, it'd be tough now when cooked

Re: Last weed for now.. #86030 August 12th, 2005 at 12:55 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 Virginia USA Gardencrazy Member
Gardencrazy Member Joined: Apr 2003 Virginia USA	You should only cook and eat the very young shoots of this plant, every part is poisonous.

Re: Last weed for now.. #86031 August 12th, 2005 at 03:42 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y. weezie13 Compost Queen!
weezie13 Compost Queen! Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y.	And you have to cook the young one's leaves twice, boil, then dump the water, then refill and re~boil again!!!!!

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Re: Last weed for now.. #86032 August 12th, 2005 at 08:18 AM
Joined: Aug 2004 Irving,Tx. JV Critter Keeper
JV Critter Keeper Joined: Aug 2004 Irving,Tx.	cut up and bread the stems and fry like okra is real good.

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