Is there any part of the redbud toxic to dogs
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Veggies by Chain Link Dog Enclosure - Toxicity??
Comments (11)Hi Again, Did a bit of "research" and came up with this (among other things): -------------------- The major categories of beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) are: Field, dry, or agronomic beans: The pod walls are thin, fibrous, tough, inedible, dehisce more readily. The dried seeds retain shape when cooked. Green, snap, string, or French beans: The pod walls are fleshy, edible, have little fiber, dehisce poorly. The dried seeds do not retain shape when cooked. Dual purpose or horticultural beans: The pods are fairly fleshy and generally edible. the dried seeds may be cooked and typically retain shape fairly well. Other "Beans" include: Runner Beans (Phaseolus coccineus) Lima Beans (Phaseolus lunatus) "Butterbeans" (Phaseolus lunatus) is a term used for certain small, flat seeded lima beans. There is no separate botanical classification for a butterbean. It is basically a description of the way that they are prepared for cooking. Whereas most limas are grown to the dry stage, butterbeans are shelled fresh while in the late green stage, cooked and buttered. Fava beans (Vicia faba) are not from the same family as other beans (Phaseolus). Their origin is reportedly the Mediterranean region and their history dates back to at least Biblical times. Favas are commonly known to Middle Eastern, Greek and Italian cooking. Hyacinth Beans (Dolichos Lablab) - Grown for ornament. Castor Beans (Ricinis communis) - Grown for ornament. Highly toxic. ------------------ Apparently the runner and fava beans aren't in the vulgaris species. OTOH, the vulargis species include regular snap bean which seem to been somewhat commonly eaten raw in the garden or lightly blanched before eating (I - as well as my dogs - have eaten many raw green snap beans with no ill effect). So I'm a bit confused. Guess I need to look into it some more. In the meantime, I guess I'll grow ALL of my beans on teepees in the regular beds rather than tempt fate by placing them up against the chain link. Anne...See MoreGarden tragedy-toxic Sevin has wiped out my Dad's honeybees
Comments (82)Donnann, your Bee Balm garden sounds like heaven! and I am so sorry that naughty Woodchuck literally cleaned up his plate with your garden...I am sending much warm wishes for your Bee balm garden's speedy recovery...Yes, definitely get wire fencing for it. I would have loved to have seen your Bee Balm Garden.I am keeping my fingers crossed that Mr. Woodchuck will chomp on only the wild weeds instead, like crabgrass or nutsedge or those invasive tree shrubs! I recently saw Kristenflower's absolutely gorgeous rose/lavender heaven too at the gallery and was so impressed! Yours and hers are ideal bee gardens just like Celestialrose. I need to grow much more bee balm because I found out that my dwarf bee balm is not as "invasive" as I had hoped, LOL, no thanks to my crappy soil. I actually planted my bee balm away from my roses in a bare 3 by 3 area. My bee-attracting plants are too young, too few to really attract many bees so next time I have to amp the collection and not! deadhead my beebalm, hoping the seeds will scatter My dad on the other hand has 3 crabapple trees, a persimmon tree, a dwarf apple tree, his yard is completely overrun with wild honeysuckle bushes, lilacs, a forest of hollyhocks and sweet peas(which the bumblebees used to love before they died, one flowering redbud tree, winterberry, azaleas, gardenias, jasmine, 3 crazy rosebushes that are like 8' tall because he never prunes them, 1 rootstock Dr. Huey, all these bee and bird attracting plants which I am so jealous about...But! he does not have bee balm... I think he can certainly add this to his collection...Donna, LOL! I think you will be "enabling" him; the neighbors already think he's got enough of a jungle...Also genes run in the family, hahahaha! I tried to keep as tidy of a garden as I could, but my garden still looks like a jungle because I planted like 50! overly tall gladiolus and now I want to grab some of my Dads overly tall hollyhocks as well! Anyway, I cant wait to see your bee balm garden recover and flourish once again. Hugs! Greenhaven alas I have just a handful of those native beesbut am grateful that at least I have those few. Your post reminded me, do you remember that "I am so excited thread" I wrote? The wonderful cute Mr. Bumblebee that used to visit my garden in May did not survive it seemsIn Mid-June it disappeared after my next door neighbor hired a professional pesticide company to spray the foundations of their home. Perhaps it too was Sevin? It was not until an entire month and a half passed that my Dads bees disappeared... (he and I live in completely separate neighborhoods and bees only have that 3 mi. radius anyways) So as you can see I feel why I feel so guilty. Perhaps if I had mentioned this to my Dad, who knows something could have been prevented? Again, you may be right in that the wild bees are hardier in comparison. They have shorter life spans and dont have communal hives, and that is why they have survived You see if you do the research and look up native bees youll discover thisThey dont have the hives and therefore, they dont have the communal death that the honeybees experience when they are exposed to Sevin. Because wild bees have so many tiny individual nests, each is independent of each other ... Not so with honeybees. Once their hive is contaminated, their entire hive is destroyed, thousands are gone. But to be honest I will always love the honeybee and bumblebees more... There's just something so special about their fuzziness that I love!...See MoreToxic hardy geraniums?
Comments (4)Geranium x 'Johnson's Blue' "...poisonous" http://www.sunnygardens.com/garden_plants/geranium/geranium_1283.php I'll be danged if I can find the 2 poisonous plants lists again that I saw with Hardy Geraniums on them. Saw many lists without them listed though. That's why I wasn't overly concerned. It just took me by surprise when my friend mentioned them as being toxic. That's why I was asking if anyone heard of this before. Thanks so much, cpg!...See MoreLooking for local source for "Lavender Twist" Redbud tree
Comments (4)So just an update in case anyone cares. I had looked at Sooner (I appreciate the suggestion by the way) but the largest they had in stock was 3-4 feet and I was hoping for something at least 5-6'. I did a bit of hunting around central mass today to see if I could find anything. First we went to Russell's in Wayland but they only had one more weeping form left (forget the name) and it wasn't in good shape anyway. I talked to a lady there and she said they had a few more earlier but they all sold that day. The one they had left was about 7' and was $280 I believe. Then I went to Cataldo's in Littleton. They had a couple weeping "heartbreaker" redbud's for $285 but they were only 3-4 feet and I wasn't in love with those either at that price/size. Finally, since it is so close to Cataldo's, I went to Cupp and Cupp in Littleton and got lucky. They had 5 Covey's that were 6-7 feet and were in good shape. They were also a great price (for this tree) at $165. Thumbs up to Cupp and Cupp. I somehow managed to fit a 7' tree, me, my pregnant wife (38 weeks), and my 2 year old son in our Subaru Forester to avoid having to go home and get my truck. Success!...See Morecadillactaste
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