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The Dangerous Datura Flower Looks Like It Belongs In An Enchanted Garden, But It Has Ties To Ancient Rituals And Poisonings
The datura flower looks like it belongs in an enchanted garden, but it won’t grant you any magical wishes! This […] ...
Gardeners urged to plant one type of flower to keep pigeons away for good
Pigeons can aimlessly snack on plant matter and seeds when they land in your garden - but there's a natural way to deter them ...
National Parks Traveler3d
Painting The National Parks With Wildflowers
Delicate trilliums, glorious columbines, and flamboyant redbuds are some of the harbingers of spring found across the ...
La Brújula Verde5d
Thugs, the Indian Sect of Thieves Who Worshiped the Goddess Kali
That said, the terrifying efficiency of the thugs was partly due to their practice of drugging victims with datura, a poisonous plant that ensured little resistance. The vast distances and the ...
The Loop Newspaper15d
The poison garden
I stumbled across an interesting tidbit that is appropriate for this month's theme of poison awareness. I was intrigued and I hope you are as well. There's a small poison garden at Alnwick Castle in ...
Art2111d
“Revival Field”
ART21: Datura is jimsonweed? CHIN: Yeah ... plants can suck up so much metal—and we’re talking about heavy metals, not everything—that the plant itself was 20 to 40 percent heavy metal when you ashed ...
The New York Times5d
Hiking the Cactus to Clouds Route in Palm Springs, Calif.
The Cactus to Clouds ascent just outside Palm Springs, Calif., is grueling, but natural treasures, and a speedy trip down, await anyone who is up to the challenge. Cactus to Clouds, on Mount San ...