http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010...ers-after.html

There have been several cases of people being poisened by hemlock in
this area.
It's best to know what you are doing if you think you have a 'wild
carrot or parsnip".

ImStillMags wrote:
> http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010...ers-after.html
>
> There have been several cases of people being poisened by hemlock in
> this area.
> It's best to know what you are doing if you think you have a 'wild
> carrot or parsnip".

Wow, I can see where someone might eat something they found in
their own garden. Yikes.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> ImStillMags wrote:
>> http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010...ers-after.html
>>
>>
>> There have been several cases of people being poisened by hemlock in
>> this area.
>> It's best to know what you are doing if you think you have a 'wild
>> carrot or parsnip".
>
> Wow, I can see where someone might eat something they found in
> their own garden. Yikes.
>
> nancy


That was in a recent episode of House - accidental poisoning by
hemlock which was thought to be a wild carrot.

Tracy

Tracy wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>> ImStillMags wrote:
>>> http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010...ers-after.html
>>>
>>>
>>> There have been several cases of people being poisened by hemlock in
>>> this area.
>>> It's best to know what you are doing if you think you have a 'wild
>>> carrot or parsnip".
>>
>> Wow, I can see where someone might eat something they found in
>> their own garden. Yikes.

> That was in a recent episode of House - accidental poisoning by
> hemlock which was thought to be a wild carrot.

Ripped from the headlines. Funny, I had a carrot-looking plant pop
up where I grew carrots last year ... I pulled it out and there was no
carrot yet but if there had been a white one, I'd probably have thought
it just reverted to it's ... roots. Heh.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> ImStillMags wrote:
>> http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010...ers-after.html
>>
>>
>> There have been several cases of people being poisened by hemlock in
>> this area.
>> It's best to know what you are doing if you think you have a 'wild
>> carrot or parsnip".
>
> Wow, I can see where someone might eat something they found in
> their own garden. Yikes.
>
> nancy


That's why it is important to teach little kids from an early age that
you don't eat anything from outdoors unless Mom or Dad give it to you.
So many flowers are poisonous (like larkspur, foxglove, digitalis)and so
many edible (pansies, nasturtium, chives) it's important not to
assume you know unless you really do.

gloria p

Nancy Young wrote:
> ImStillMags wrote:
>> http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010...ers-after.html
>>
>>
>> There have been several cases of people being poisened by hemlock in
>> this area.
>> It's best to know what you are doing if you think you have a 'wild
>> carrot or parsnip".


Until a few years ago I assumed that the evergreen eastern Hemlock tree
was poison hemlock. After a walk with a naturalist we saw that the
poison stuff just looks like a ferny weed in the wild. Better NOT to
put anything in your mouth unless you are 100% sure it's edible.

the poison stuff:
http://tinyurl.com/2fz55x3

the evergreen decorative tree/shrub:
http://tinyurl.com/2cotuql

gloria p

Janet Baraclough wrote:

> from "Nancy Young" > contains these words:

>> Ripped from the headlines. Funny, I had a carrot-looking plant pop
>> up where I grew carrots last year ... I pulled it out and there was
>> no carrot yet but if there had been a white one, I'd probably have
>> thought it just reverted to it's ... roots. Heh.
>
> If it had carrot foliage it wasn't hemlock. If you've grown carrots
> there's no way you would mistake hemlock foliage for a carrot plant.
> Ditto parsnips.

I'm only commenting regarding the guy in the article, he had carrots
there previously and was willing to make the leap that this carrot-top
looking plant he pulled out was some carrot-type of thing. I can picture
that.

nancy

On Mon, 10 May 2010 10:42:20 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010...ers-after.html
>
>There have been several cases of people being poisened by hemlock in
>this area.
>It's best to know what you are doing if you think you have a 'wild
>carrot or parsnip".

Absolutely, you really do need to be aware if you have Hemlock growing
locally.

My last crop of Carrots and Parsnips had Hemlock amongst them - not
only amongst them, but intertwined around many of the Carrots and
Parsnips. Anyone who wasn't really familiar with the above three
plants could easily mistake the Hemlock for either a carrot or
Parsnip. The foliage is different, although not all *that* different
from a Parsnip.

I did take some pics of the harvested carrots/parsnips/hemlock, which
would nicely illustrate just how similar it is for the uninitiated.
Now, if I can just find those pics...

On Mon, 10 May 2010 23:30:45 +0100, Janet Baraclough
> wrote:

>The message >

<snip>

> If it had carrot foliage it wasn't hemlock. If you've grown carrots
>there's no way you would mistake hemlock foliage for a carrot plant.
> Ditto parsnips.

Don't you think Hemlock foliage looks quite a bit similar to Parsnip
foliage? The 'stalks' are different but the actual foliage is similar,
IMO: http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/2007/7-9/poison.html

On Mon, 10 May 2010 16:35:36 -0600, "gloria.p" >
wrote:

>Nancy Young wrote:
>> ImStillMags wrote:
>>> http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010...ers-after.html
>>>
>>>
>>> There have been several cases of people being poisened by hemlock in
>>> this area.
>>> It's best to know what you are doing if you think you have a 'wild
>>> carrot or parsnip".
>
>
>Until a few years ago I assumed that the evergreen eastern Hemlock tree
>was poison hemlock. After a walk with a naturalist we saw that the
>poison stuff just looks like a ferny weed in the wild. Better NOT to
>put anything in your mouth unless you are 100% sure it's edible.
>
>the poison stuff:
>http://tinyurl.com/2fz55x3
>
>the evergreen decorative tree/shrub:
>http://tinyurl.com/2cotuql

Plus there's also Water Hemlock:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicuta
Particulary nasty, this one.

In article >,
Je?us > wrote:

> On Mon, 10 May 2010 23:30:45 +0100, Janet Baraclough
> > wrote:
>
> >The message >
>
> <snip>
>
> > If it had carrot foliage it wasn't hemlock. If you've grown carrots
> >there's no way you would mistake hemlock foliage for a carrot plant.
> > Ditto parsnips.
>
> Don't you think Hemlock foliage looks quite a bit similar to Parsnip
> foliage? The 'stalks' are different but the actual foliage is similar,
> IMO: http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/2007/7-9/poison.html

Nowhere near the same to the least bit observant.
--
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In article >,
"gloria.p" > wrote:

> That's why it is important to teach little kids from an early age that
> you don't eat anything from outdoors unless Mom or Dad give it to you.
> So many flowers are poisonous (like larkspur, foxglove, digitalis)and so
> many edible (pansies, nasturtium, chives) it's important not to
> assume you know unless you really do.

I just planted my nasties today. In the garden, they require indifferent
soil, a little water, some sun and neglect. I can do that!
Bonus: They're pretty and bloom continuously for about three months here.
Bonus: They're edible.
Bonus: They come as vines or bushes.
Bogus: They're not perennial.

Long live nasturtiums, my favorite flower!

leo

On May 11, 4:54*am, Janet Baraclough >
wrote:
> The message >
> from Jeßus > contains these words:
>
> > On Mon, 10 May 2010 23:30:45 +0100, Janet Baraclough
> > > wrote:

> > > * If it had carrot foliage it wasn't hemlock. If *you've grown carrots
> > >there's no way you would mistake hemlock foliage for a carrot plant.
> > > * Ditto parsnips.
> > Don't you think Hemlock foliage looks quite a bit similar to Parsnip
> > foliage?
>
> * Not to an experienced *gardener , no.\


Well, there are an awful lot of 'inexperienced' gardeners out there.
There are thousands of people who are now planting little home gardens
who never used to. I doubt that there is only a very small percentage
of people who are now planting gardens who would have a clue as to the
difference. That's the scary part.

It's easy to tell the difference if you've been gardening for years.
Not so much if you are a relative newbie.

On Tue, 11 May 2010 12:54:39 +0100, Janet Baraclough
> wrote:

>The message >
>from Jeßus > contains these words:
>
>> On Mon, 10 May 2010 23:30:45 +0100, Janet Baraclough
>> > wrote:
>
>> >The message >
>
>> <snip>
>
>> > If it had carrot foliage it wasn't hemlock. If you've grown carrots
>> >there's no way you would mistake hemlock foliage for a carrot plant.
>> > Ditto parsnips.
>
>> Don't you think Hemlock foliage looks quite a bit similar to Parsnip
>> foliage?
>
> Not to an experienced gardener , no.
>
> The 'stalks' are different but the actual foliage is similar,
>> IMO: http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/2007/7-9/poison.html
>
> Here's the descriptions on that site, to compare.
>
>The basal rosette of wild parsnip consists of large, pinnately compound
>leaves that resemble celery leaves. Leaves that develop on the stem are
>alternate, pinnately compound, with saw-toothed edges.
>
>Poison hemlock basal rosette leaves are pinnately compound and fernlike.
>Leaves formed on the stem are alternate, finely divided, and clasp the
>stem at the nodes.
>
> "resemble celery leaves, with sawtooth edges " is easily
>distinguishable from "fernlike..finely divided".

Whilst many of us would notice the difference straight away, IMO many
wouldnt, especially if growing amongst parsips.

On Tue, 11 May 2010 07:28:38 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>On May 11, 4:54*am, Janet Baraclough >
>wrote:
>> The message >
>> from Jeßus > contains these words:
>>
>> > On Mon, 10 May 2010 23:30:45 +0100, Janet Baraclough
>> > > wrote:
>
>> > > * If it had carrot foliage it wasn't hemlock. If *you've grown carrots
>> > >there's no way you would mistake hemlock foliage for a carrot plant.
>> > > * Ditto parsnips.
>> > Don't you think Hemlock foliage looks quite a bit similar to Parsnip
>> > foliage?
>>
>> * Not to an experienced *gardener , no.\
>
>
>Well, there are an awful lot of 'inexperienced' gardeners out there.
>There are thousands of people who are now planting little home gardens
>who never used to. I doubt that there is only a very small percentage
>of people who are now planting gardens who would have a clue as to the
>difference. That's the scary part.
>
>It's easy to tell the difference if you've been gardening for years.
>Not so much if you are a relative newbie.

Yep.