Would you grow poisonous plants in your yard?

If they grew there naturally sure. I've always been a nature knows bets sort of person I don't fiddle with what she does. I would however be sure to educate my kids about the native poisonous species.My husband also wishes to someday build a devil's club wall... a defensive type structure.

While not poisonous to eat.. devil's club is very not skin friendly.

While I would not see a purpose in growing poisonous plants in my backyard (I am not a big plant person), I am at the same time not sure what types of plants I have in my backyard right now that might be poisonous. When we purchased our home last summer, one of its greatest attributes was the tremendous backyard that was already filled with trees, shrubs, and other plants. While much of my backyard set up in terms of plants was pretty nice, complete with a pond and beautiful flowers arranged around it, there were many plant choices that I would personally never have made.

I am pretty sure that we have at least one or two types of flowers or plants in our backyard that could be poisonous. But if I were knowledgeable of the different types of flowers that can be planted in the garden (or if I were shopping for my own plants and read the label) I would never chose plants that were poisonous. I would be too afraid one of my children would get in contact with the plant and become ill.

I definitely try to keep my deck plants safe, since I don't want the cats to nibble on something and get sick. And since animals will chew on things, it's good to know what's out there. I also want to have kids, so when I do have a full yard, I'll try to be careful about what I plant.

There's nothing poisonous that's so pretty it can't be replaced by something benign. If someone does want or need to grow something poisonous, I think it was would be a good idea to segregate it and label it. That way, if something does happen, there's no confusion.

If something is in a front yard, or area where a child or animal could reach it just passing by, it would also be very helpful for the parent or owner to see the label, since if nothing else, they can tell the doctor or vet what it was.

Yes in a house I once lived in I had a neighbor who acted like my yard was part of his and thought nothing about using it. I planted trees along the boundary and after a cvouple of weeks he told me him and his family was developing rashes on their skin. I really didn't like them to much to begin with and always kept my distance except to say hi.So I asked him you guys aren't going near my poison sumac trees, are you?

Not if I know it is a poisonous plant. If I have a yard I would prefer to grow fruits and herbs. Right now in our small yard, we have all kinds of lime, kumquat, a sugar cane, and a beach cherry, although not all of them yield fruit yet.

I don't like gardening, to be honest, but if I am about to do gardening I think planting your own food is the best way to go.

Not intentionally. I wouldn't want my pets eating it. I try to be aware of weeds that crop up.

I believe that birds have something to do with weeds.

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