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Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns by ammon on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @04:12PM (#20338993)
I'll just add that Foxglove is poisonous (you'll die if you eat it level). So don't grow it if you have kids around.
Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns by tlavoie on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @03:22AM (#20342314)
I think it's one of those things that can poison livestock, so maybe keep it out of areas with goats, sheep, and some children.
Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns by jon_richards on Thursday July 04, 2019 @12:34AM (#20351546)
I've heard to avoid planting it just in case a wandering cat decides to chew on it.
Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns by krageon on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @06:55AM (#20343176)
Or even better, teach your children what isn't safe to eat so that when the fancy strikes them they don't eat poison. Regardless of whether or not it is in your yard, this can only benefit them.
Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns by akimball on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @06:08PM (#20339835)
Do your children randomly forage?
Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns by chrisdsaldivar on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @07:37PM (#20340357)
They might. My sister and I would crush up plants when we were little to make “potions.” We stopped when we made a potion with Serrano peppers at my aunt’s house in Mexico, at least it wasn’t some deadly plants.
Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns by jawilson2 on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @08:13PM (#20340554)
Yes. We live in the woods in northern Illinois, and we have taught them to identify wild raspberries and blackberries. They don't eat without running it by us first. That said, I would try to avoid intentionally planting toxic plants in the yard due to both kids and pets.