SC - Sir Gunthar as Patron

[LYN M PARKINSON]

> In a message dated 97-09-16 11:23:11 EDT, you write:
> 
> << I thought Queen Ann's Lace was poisonous?
>  -brid >>
> 
> Say what? Queen's Anne Lace is the wild carrot. If you take the seed palnt
> it, grow it, dig it up and pick put the biggest roots, replant it, plant the
> next years seed  and repeat the process for at least 3-5 years you will have
> in your garden a 'period' white or red carrot. :-)
> 
> Lord Ras

This, Lord Ras, is true-- however it is very easy for the new scavenger 
to mistake hemlock for Queen Anne's Lace out in the wild, with very 
unhappy results.

If memory serves, there's also a water parsnip variety (remember the 
thread on skirrets a while back?) that is highly toxic as well. Alas, I 
remembered this from having read an Elizabeth George mystery novel a 
while back and don't have any further details other than the poisonous 
water parsnip was The Major Plot Device.

ciorstan
(stepping back into the corner to lurk quietly some more)
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