Deadly Nightshade in the Attic

Advantages: Quick, convenient and easy to use
Disadvantages: My daughter pinches them, but that's an advantage really in a roundabout sort of way!

...Do you own a stroppy unwashed teenager? I'm afraid I do.! Not cleaning her bedroom is one thing - she lives in the attic and I just keep reminding myself its a long way up those stairs and I don't really need to climb them and visitors never do - I just tell them my flower in the attic is a deadly nightshade. Enough of my sweet (??) little grunger - what about the product? They're the answer to a Mother's prayers! I bought 3 packets of Sure Deo wipes - they were on special at the time as they would be be handy for my hols. The daughter of darkness, descends sullenly from her purple paradise to scour the contents of my shopping bag and miracle of miracles - immediate interest. "Seen these on the telly." she said, doing a pretty good impression of Kevin or Perry and spirited away a packet to the dark...

SpinyFirst 16.11.2001 · Read review
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The dreaded WEED

Advantages: Once learnt you will remember it
Disadvantages: Takes a while to recite

...One of the things my father passed down to me was this poem. I know not if it is his work but I would like to think it is. Much can be learnt from poetry and if you read this well you will become an expert on getting rid of weeds from your garden. Sorry if you expected to read of the other type of weed you naughty people Ho ho Weeds and Weeding When Chickweed chokes our flowers and plants And Nightshade over food crops pants The gardener must use his hand And pull these weeds from out the land When Dandelion thrives and blooms And Bindweed over all else looms With Couchgrass, Nettles holding sway We need a fork, and that today Where Creeping Buttercup is seen We have to fork to keep the land clean The same with that Convolvulus We dig it up with little fuss Fat Hen comes up quite quick by hand And so does...

CheekyGrandad 05.12.2002 · Read review
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Review of Poetry

Great riffs but where are the songs?

Advantages: Some beautiful riffs and enjoyable chugging doom sections, solid if overpolished production
Disadvantages: Low on innovation, feels devoid of any real passion

...like a lot of album art these days the cover is heavily photoshopped and like the music it itself the artwork perhaps a little too shiny and over-polished. 'The Morning Never Came' doesn't seem to be able to make up its mind whether it wants to be gothic doom or depressive rock, and ends up straddling both camps without ever really getting to grips properly with either genre. Its an album that's good for a quick spin now again but wont hold the attention for all that long, although fans of gentler, more mainstream gothic doom and rock will likely still find something of interest here. Tracklisting- 1. Through Her Silvery Body 08:40 2. Deadly Nightshade 05:48 3. Out of this Gloomy Light 05:37 4. Swallow (Horror Pt. 1) 05:23 5. Silence of the Womb 06:50 6. Hold this Woe 08:04 7. Under the Waves 06:46 8. The Morning...

Burning_Darkness 19.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Morning Never Came - Swallow The Sun

Almost as Good as Granddad's

Advantages: Full marks for flavour. Wonderful nostalgic aroma
Disadvantages: Packaging not recyclable. Grown abroad

...the vine? alternatives which exceed £6 a kilo, neither of which I find as tasty, I wouldn?t quibble too much. In case anybody is interested in the nutritional information, tomatoes are full of healthy credentials and this is well documented. Whilst researching this review I was surprised to discover that the tomatoes are a member of the deadly nightshade family and, as such, were once considered toxic and the cause of many conditions such as appendicitis, ?brain fever? and cancer. Thankfully we now know that their consumption can have real health benefits. Of course uppermost in my mind( not!) is that the tomato is one of my five a day. They are rich in vitamins A,C , E and K. The red pigment contains large amounts of lycopene which appears to act as an antioxidant neutralising free radicals which can damage cells in the body thus acting as...

suesie 01.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sainsbury's Jubilee Vine Tomatoes

KILLER PLANTS IN YOUR GARDEN

Advantages: Medicinal benefits from the oil
Disadvantages: The seed pods can kill

...Beware of the Castor oil Plant. Just one seed will kill a small child. It is best not to even keep the plant as a houseplant as the leaves are also slightly toxic. So if you have a castor oil plant in your house or garden and small children visit you are best to give it away. The plant is listed as poisonous with The Royal Horticultural Society Children are naturally curious so don't expect them not to taste different leaves even if they have been told not to. It is part of a young childs curiosity to explore new textures and tastes so nibbling at plants in the garden is quite normal. My own son ended up in hospital due to eating a few deadly nightshade berries which were growing in our hedge so this will explain why I really think any dangerous plants are removed before it is TOO LATE. If you do have this plant in your garden...

COOOEEE 07.05.2002 (08.08.2006) · Read review
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Winter Cherry

Advantages: Colorful, pretty and decorative.
Disadvantages: Poisonous and need lots of care.

...Winter cherry is a South American shrub that is also grown as a house plant. It is of the nightshade family and although it looks nice with it's red berry's it has poisonous parts to it too. It is a very colorful plant which is why it is widely used to decorate and add color to peoples homes. It is also known as the Chinese lantern plant. Winter Cherry despite it's poisonous solanocapsine found in unripe berries and other parts of the plant has medicinal effects too. It's root can be used in many ways including fighting asthma. It's strange to think that even though a plant may be poisonous there are some parts of it which are extremely useful. People can eat the berries once they are ripe and they produce a pleasing acid taste. It has ample downy leaves and looks nice kept on the window ledge adding an array of colors...

Mickie26 02.11.2004 · Read review
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The Satan Pit

Advantages: Readable, giddy adventure
Disadvantages: None

...in the 90s, most notably Nightshade. Lucifer Box is a cad and a bounder, a relentless sexual omnivore and a ruthless killer when necessary. The entire novel is narrated in the first person by Box himself, which is a good job - he gets up to so much unpleasantness that the reader would quickly lose all sympathy with the character unless we were inside his head to see the rationale behind his actions. The adventures in this novel follow the same pattern as the Vesuvius Club, beginning with fairly straight cops and robbers action (interspersed with a great deal of sex) before gradually becoming more fantastic as the stakes are raised. Lucifer Box's adventures are certainly lurid, and facing the devil himself raises the stakes nicely. It's unclear how much research Gatiss undertakes in writing his novels - there are no glaring errors...

Olly_Plimsoll 29.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Devil In Amber - Mark Gatiss

Surrounded by danger

Advantages: colourful garden
Disadvantages: can be deadly

.... shrubs and trees *broom (cytisus) - alkaloids are in the seeds. *mezereon (daphne mezereum) - glycoside are in the bark and berries. *laburnum (laburnum anagyroides) -alkaloid is in the all parts of the plant. *cherry laurel (prenus laurocerasus) - cyan genetic glycosides are in the leaves and kernels of fruit. *rhododendron (rhododendron species) - glycoside are in the leaves and flowers. *yew (taxus baccata) - alkaloids is in the leaves and seeds. *Azelea (azalea) - glycoside is in all parts of the plant. weeds and hedgerow plants *deadly nightshade (atropa belladonna) - alkaloids is in the all parts of the plant. *white bryony (bryonia dioica) - glycoside are in the roots and berries. *thorn apple (daturastramonium) - alkaloids are in all parts of the plant. *spurges (euphorbia) - volatile oils are in all parts...

redeyes22 04.04.2009 (19.07.2009) · Read review
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Review of Poisonous Plants

A Few Words About The Aubergine!

Advantages: Nutritious, Fairly Easy To Grow.
Disadvantages: Take Five Months From Sowing

...the fact that it is a member of the Nightshade family of Plants, closely related to Belladonna, colloquially known as the Deadly Nightshade. In fact the Aubergine has many medicinal properties but during the early stages of growth it does contain quite strong toxins, which though not fatal to us humans can lead to quite severe illness. THE HISTORY OF THE AUBERGINE Historians argue as to whether the Aubergine has its origins in India or China, but is has certainly been cultivated in these areas for many thousands of years. Within these regions of Asia there are several wild varieties of Aubergine which grow here. These varieties tend to be tall and straggly with spiny stems and small, bitter tasting Fruits, but primitive man quickly learned that these wild Plants could be easily cultivated by collecting the seeds from those Plants...

micksheff 28.01.2006 · Read review
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Review of Aubergines

psoriasis

Advantages: none, although makes you more open minded through desperation
Disadvantages: plenty

...the skin. You have to go back to basics, eating 80% friut & veg and loads of water, avoiding the nightshade family (tomatoes, potatoes etc) He has other therapies to follow, herbal teas etc, which aids in the healing and rebuilding of the thin intestinal walls, He also states you need colonic irrigation to help rid accumulated toxins. And spinal manipulation which insures proper nerve impulses and circulation to the walls of the intestinal tract. Ive tried the diet for about two weeks and have been amazed by the results so far. Ive also been for a colonic, its not as bad as you think, and I noticed a big difference in my skin the next day. I think this alternative way of thinking is so exciting, ive had more results from this than 23yrs in orthodox medicine . Ive mentioned this to my dermotologist and told him Im going this route rather...

pipjane 04.08.2008 · Read review
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