07/18/2024
I'm out in the garden doing some w**ding with "Poke Salad Annie" playing in my head. If you are not familiar with poke sallet or pokeberry that the song is based on, you might want to learn more about it. It's poisonous to humans and dogs. It's popped up in my yard twice this summer.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytolacca_americana
And here you go:
https://youtu.be/IBfMLmNjFn4?si=rv-Szm4-62TESwkc
Phytolacca americana, also known as American pokew**d, pokew**d, poke sallet, pokeberry, dragonberries, pigeonberry w**d, and inkberry, is a poisonous, herbaceous perennial plant in the pokew**d family Phytolaccaceae. This pokew**d grows 1 to 3 metres (4 to 10 ft).[4] It has simple leaves on green t...