In a message dated 8/24/2007 8:21:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, lynnvo ndran@att.net writes: Anyway, one said the yuppie & hippies spread around a rumor that the Polk is poisonous. But, at a country site, they were talking about it and said that the tender leaves, the very young leaves, were always a favorite with their granny, and they couldn't wait for her to make her cooked Polk greens. ---- Lynn- If people are googling for "polk" they probably are not finding this because it is spelled "Poke." It IS VERY POISONOUS but not when the greens are young and tender. People who use it for salad know when to stop picking it because it DOES become poinonous and the berries (inkberries) are very poisonous as well (although the birds eat them ok). Joan ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
Nope, it's Googled as Polk, in both cases I am talking about :o) and, it's spelled that way in all the articles and messages I've read so far, too :o) Now, the one can be looked up under Polk Plant, and the other under Polk Weed, but both are spelled Polk. Thanks, though :o) Lynn Joan wrote: In a message dated 8/24/2007 8:21:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, lynnvo ndran@att.net writes: Anyway, one said the yuppie & hippies spread around a rumor that the Polk is poisonous. But, at a country site, they were talking about it and said that the tender leaves, the very young leaves, were always a favorite with their granny, and they couldn't wait for her to make her cooked Polk greens. ---- Lynn- If people are googling for "polk" they probably are not finding this because it is spelled "Poke." It IS VERY POISONOUS but not when the greens are young and tender. People who use it for salad know when to stop picking it because it DOES become poinonous and the berries (inkberries) are very poisonous as well (although the birds eat them ok). Joan ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message