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Subject: [OM] IMG: Poke Weed
From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 22:30:27 -0500
Badly in need of a trim, which I can no longer provide, my shrubs and hedges await the end of mowing season, when my yard maintenance crew can find time in their schedule to do the lengthy job.  Meanwhile, Poke Weed has invaded these areas and provides feed for the birds.  Swarms of blackbirds descend on the berries and strip them from the stems.  Today, I got to one area before the birds found it.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200824-P8249175.JPG.html

Histories of the 1700s and 1800s tell of the pioneer housewives learning to boil and rinse the Poke leaves to remove the poisonous juice and provide needed vitamins during long covered wagon journeys.

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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA       

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