Wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) lines the ditches of the rural roads I walk and drive on. Its yellow umbels reach peak bloom around the same time as the orange ditch lilies (Hemerocallis fulva). The yellow and orange complement each other nicely, but this is one wildflower you don't want to pick.I first wrote about wild [...]
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The Botanical Dermatology Database: How to Find Out About Plant-Caused Skin Problems
July 14, 2005 – Posted in: Pests, Plagues, and Varmints, Plant info, Recommended LinksIf you have a rash or other skin problem that you think might be plant related, trying using the search engine at the Botanical Dermatology Database. I checked out my family's old enemy Pastinaca sativa (aka wild parsnip), and learned a few things. First of all, wild parsnip and cultivated parsnip are the same thing, [...]
Public Enemy Number One
June 22, 2004 – Posted in: Pests, Plagues, and VarmintsAs you can imagine, when a garden is neglected for a significant length of time, some of the weeds take on gigantic proportions. Especially on a psychological level, it helps quite a bit to pull these up all over the garden, before concentrating on any particular area. They take up so much space that the [...]
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