any ideas?

[muddpuppi]

on what this may be...she had me dig it up and put it in the yard with no clue as to what it is....





thanks

Craig

[Shadetree Callers]

Weeds

[muddpuppi]

thats what i was thinkin...

[superstrutter]

POKEBERRIE WEED, THOSE LITTLE BERRIES WILL BE LIKE PAINTBALLS AT SOME POINT!

[superstrutter]

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE CALLED UP HERE IN PA!

[Porter]

Definitely a weed around here...  berries all over the place...

[shad309]

Where I come from that's called Poke Salad. My Grandma had us walking around with garbage bags filling them with the leaves. She would pressure cook and can them. It tastes like mustard greens. I do not recommend trying to cook it unless you know what you are doing!!!
 It can be very TOXIC   if not done right.

The berries can be used as a dye as well. The old timers & natives used it them that way as well.

[Zumer]

Pookberrys is what I've always known it as.......

     Turkeys love em....

[Gitzit69]

Here ya go:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokeweed

[Shadetree Callers]

Just make sure you pick that stuff in the spring if you want to eat it. Cut it while it is still short and it can be pretty tasty.

[muddpuppi]

thanks fellas...it took this to tell her it was a weed 

[SS Custom Calls]

Them polk berries make a real purdy purple mess with kids. 

[West Augusta]

You can eat it until it starts to turn purple, then it is poison.
Boil the green leaves, pour the water off, add fresh water then boil again. That's how we cooked it in the scouts.
Kind of like boiled spinach.

[GR8CALLS]

Pokeberry...for sure. Any Bears in your area? They love them when they turn purple. Like Zumer said, turkeys do too. Plant a bunch where you hunt. Great feed in the Fall and the birds will do the rest...planting seeds all over the place!

Bill

[Bulldogmikey]

Polk Salad Annie... Gators Got Your Granny....Chomp Chomp..

It is a pretty good green cooked when young.