Re: [gardeners] oleanders as toxic
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 04 Jul 2001 16:01:00 -0500
Be careful eating those pine trees, remember what got Euell Gibbon's. <BSEG>
George
Terry King wrote:
>
> Right, I forgot those. I've heard of pickling nastursiums buds and using
> them as faux capers.
>
> Once took an edible wild plants class once so most of my experiments have
> been with wild plants.
>
> Most of mustard family can be eaten too. Some can be very spicy.
>
> Terry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardeners@globalgarden.com
> [mailto:owner-gardeners@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of George Shirley
> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 10:21 AM
> To: gardeners@globalgarden.com
> Subject: Re: [gardeners] oleanders as toxic
>
> Add daylilies and nastursiums.
>
> George
>
> Terry King wrote:
> >
> > Flowers that are good to eat:
> > Pansies/violas/jonny jumpups
> > Roses (if no toxic chemicals are used) makes yummy jelly!
> > Borage
> > Chyrsanthemums (again if no toxic chemicals are used)
> > Black Elder flowers (prepared as fritters, I've never tried but sounds
> good)
> >
> > There are more but these are the first off the top of my head.
> >
> > Terry
> > E. WA. zone 4
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardeners@globalgarden.com
> > [mailto:owner-gardeners@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of flylo@txcyber.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 4:51 AM
> > To: gardeners@globalgarden.com
> > Subject: [gardeners] oleanders as toxic
> >
> > I don't like Oleanders but the mention of Houston brought them to
> > mind in the same context as toxic plants. I didn't realize how
> > deadly until a friend lost a horse. Actually he lost the horse to a
> > divorce. (sounds like a BAD country western song.)
> > This guy and wife had planted oleanders all around their home
> > when they moved in (years ago). The bushes had grown very tall
> > when folk started reminding them to keep them trimmed back
> > because they're poisonous. (The couple ran a horse
> > breeding/boarding facility in Conroe, just N of Houston.)
> > I don't know how it came about but in a fit of predivorce rage, he
> > hauled in a dozer and tore out all those oleanders, dumping them
> > over the fence to burn later. His own horse plus one boarder horse
> > nibbled some of the (now withering) leaves. The boarder lived but
> > (Visionary) didn't make it. They had plenty of hay and grass and
> > were well fed. This new 'treat' offered up by Dad by the
> > bucketloader full was just too interesting to pass up. Oleanders
> > stink anyhow, so nothing would eat much of them, but it only took
> > a mouthful or two. If they do this to a horse, what would it do to a
> > small child?
> > Azaleas also are poisonous (rhododendron). they don't bloom well
> > for me anyhow, so now I just admit 'Oh no, I can't grow them, toxic
> > to the livestock you know.' And I almost lost a good milker to
> > Butterfly Weed we have growing wild on a hillside. She lived but
> > should have been part of the sausage brigade after that, never
> > milked worth a darn anymore.
> > Daylilies, on the other hand are very tasty! nasturtiums are super
> > easy to grow and the flower petals look and taste great in 'flower
> > butter'. (spicy) Squash blossom fritters are good stuffed too.
> > Besides the obvious, (chives, garlic chives, etc.) what other flowers
> > can you think of that are good to eat?
> >
> > Martha, (Texas)
> > Visit our Paso Fino Club: www.TxPFHA.org
> > Visit our farm:www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/5505/index.html