Monday, August 11, 2003

A Growing Danger

I have to start to trust information from family members.  When my fatherinlaw told me to watch out for the Giant Hogweed, I thought he was flashing back on one of my favorite old Genesis songs, which seems to be about marijuana growing wild in england.  No, he was thinking of something even less benign than pot - this plant actually burns your skin if it’s exposed to the sun.  You turn into a photoreceptor and your skin burns suddenly and seriously, sometimes with consequences years down the line. 

Horticulture.  The plants are striking back.  The pot you bust may be your own.