This one looks like poke salat to me. The berries should turn red.

I second that one. Definitely poke weed or poke salat. I'm pretty sure it is a bird who shared this plant with you since they love eating the berries. Then they poop the seeds in a pre-fertilized package for your garden!

Yep, poke salet, poke salad, poke sallet, pokeweed, etc. Phytolacca americana is the botanical latin name.

Thanks everyone. It definitely looks like Pokeweed. This is growing in my neighbor's veggie patch. She is going to remove it.

Daddy used to love to eat it!

Janie

Can you eat the berries? They look so delicious!

How do you cook the leaves?

I tend to taste everything but things that look SO tasty as those berries and no one eats them...? Makes me skeert.

I've heard they are toxic. Here's an interesting fact: the United States Declaration of Independence was written in fermented pokeberry juice.

Tim

Really, I had read a long time ago about using the berry juice as ink but had know idea about that

Elvis had a song out. "Poke Salad Annie".

Here is a link that might be useful: Poke salat

The green shoots can be eaten after cooking in two changes of boiling water. One you see the red tint it is too poisonous. Apparently they taste like asparagus. I'm not sure about the berries but the birds love them.

"the United States Declaration of Independence was written in fermented pokeberry juice." Neat-o!! Thanks for that tidbit, Tim. Interesting as all get out.