Plump Plants
- Elderberry
Elderberry - You Know What They Say About too Much of a Good Thing...
Growing plants that are potentially lethal is kind of exciting. It’s like, “Don’t cross me! I could poison you with my ancient druid wisdom!” That’s how I feel about my elderberry bushes. That being said, it would be pretty hard to secretly get someone to eat the eight or so pounds of elderberries required to take out an adult human. I’d have to settle for inducing an episode of “gastric distress”. Just kidding! The beneficial qualities of the elderberry (Sambucus) are equally wondrous. In nature, elderberry bushes grow along the edge of woodlands, streams, and ditches. They like well-drained moist...