Pokeweeed
I was wondering what this was. If you have these around your house, DO NOT EAT THE BERRIES! They are extremely poisonous! I found a book called Poisons In Our Path. I looked in it when we got home. And what do you know? On page 19, there it was! Well any way, this is called a Pokeweed. The author of the book said, it has proved promising as a treatment for AIDS. If you want to eat these things, you better cook the leaves before the flowers and berries form. Birds eat these. Apparently it taste very good to them. The berries are not poison to birds. I think its not poison to dogs. Because my dog (BB) ate one. And she did not die. If you eat this berry right off the plant, it will cause serious harm to your body.
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WOW! Good thing you and your sisters didn't eat one!... You didn't right?
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