Re: [gardeners] oleanders as toxic
lneuru (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 4 Jul 2001 17:26:23 -0400
who is Euell Gibbon?
Lucinda
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> From: George Shirley <gshirl@bellsouth.net>
> To: gardeners@globalgarden.com
> Subject: Re: [gardeners] oleanders as toxic
> Date: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 5:01 PM
>
> 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