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I spot the hills
With yellow balls in autumn.
I light the prairie cornfields
Orange and tawny gold clusters
And I am called pumpkins.
–Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)
Monday, October 19, 2020
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This fall—in the yard and in the woods—be on the lookout for deceptively beautiful berries. Some of these berries are poisonous. Even if you don’t plan to pop a berry into your mouth, it’s helpful to know which plants in the landscape have poisonous berries. Here are the most common poison berries...
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