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Eating local foods is a healthy and environmentally sound trend. What could be better than fruit straight from the branch to your kid’s month? No fossil fuels burned, no pesticide residue, no high-fructose com syrup added.
It should go without saying, but m say it: Be sure to teach your children they should only eat the things in your yard you have shown them are safe to eat.
Most poisonous berries in our area taste just horrible and don’t go down easily: (1 still remember the yew berry my brother talked me into about 40 years ago.)
Poke berries are one exception which a very small child could be enticed to eat. Poke has a bright purple stem and is easily recognized. My 3-yearcld pointed some out to me the other day “Purple stems, don’t oat thems,* is our saying. "You can use your own.
Taste makes some powerful memories and a wonderful connection with nature.
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Regina Yurkonis, the ThnesDemocrats senior native-plant correspondent, owns FerenniwnWUdlife Landscaping in Warrenton, focusing on native plants and wildlife habitat. She can be reached at (540) 937-2311 or perennium&eartfdinJLneL
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