Linda likes to visit suvivalblog.com and a few days ago she read about a woman who passed away from eating hemlock, a wild plant that can be easily confused with wild carrots (probably what happened). This is her posting on this issue (hemlock and safety).
A word of caution I may not have stressed enough. James Wesley, Rawles had a post in his blog as follows:
A word of warning to field foragers: Hemlock May Have Caused Tacoma Woman's Death. (It is important to learn how to identify poison hemlock -- not to be confused with the various hemlock trees.
This is to remind everyone, IDENTIFICATION must be made by experienced knowledgeable People. This why I prefer to obtain seed from reliable sources such as Richters. I have even heard that the plant we ALL can identify -- dandelion -- has an impostor. The post on the woman's poisoning is no longer available, but I wanted to stress the importance of knowing what you are doing.
Yes, we have safety in The Father, but not to the extent of drinking poison as water. That safety comes from Source. I'm not there yet, probably you aren't either.
On a Powerful day of SunShine and puffy clouds, may all Wisdom come your way !
I have talked in my blog various times on the value of the weeds that grow normally in the backyard of most people. It is important though to know what it is you are looking at. Right now I stay with the easy ones, dandelion, red clover, and plantain. All of which I have been identifying against printed material, when they are in bloom. Flowers make it easier to identify plants. Even though many plants are harvested before they bloom, they do not all bloom at the same time. This gives you an opportunity to compare leaves and growth characteristics.
One small step at a time, that is how we learned to walk.