Poison ivy, anthrax, botulinum, and cyanide are all natural and cause everything from a skin rash to instant death (sometimes I get poison ivy so bad I wish for instant death). This chemophobia can lead to, or is a symptom of, a broader mistrust of science, the scientific process, ...
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a few days before the official publication date. Attendees got to listen to the author talk about the book and what inspired her, get their books signed, and then undertake a private, out of hours tour of the Poison Garden.
Personally, I think it’s much more likely that the British Percy would know and be inspired by British Ian Fleming’s British spy novel and its famous Garden of Death (even if it were supposedly in Japan) than she would have been inspired by an actual, but non-poison, garden in Italy...
Peonies are rarely troubled by pests or diseases, but here’s an easy, poison-free way to make sure yours stay that way. We do it every fall. 1. Don’t wait. Cut them down early enough that the leaves are still green. If you wait until they’re dry and brittle, they’ll be muc...
“this weird thing that’s all over my mulch” after a rainy period in the summer and whether or not it will 1) hurt their plants, 2) poison them, or 3) some other horrible outcome they’ve dreamed up. But the fact is, not only are slime molds harmless they’re also quite ...
And I’ve lived through some times where my peers (and a couple of the teachers) really WERE out to get me. If I’m remembering Mrs. Hoyt’s tales correctly, one of her sons went through that. Public schools, eh? Even THEN the mentality of “they’re out to get me” is poison....
The Roman naturalist, Pliny the Elder, described how cyclamen tubers and roots were used to poison fish. Cyclamen tubers are poisonous to people, too, and cause violent diarrhea and even death if eaten raw...note to self...lay off the cyclamen tuber snacking. People in the Near East, ...