At 11:57 PM 5/4/02, you wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Ronn writes: > > > > >> Have you considered the liability issues of having such a plant in you > > >> garden where children can get hold of it? > > > > Yeah, about the same kind of issue as leaving your car keys on the table, > > your lawnmower (electric or gasoline) in the garage, and bleach near the > > washing machine. > > > > Heck, Bay Area Rapid Transit trains leave the third rail exposed! All you > > have to do is hop down, ground yourself and grab the rail. > >Well, as far as plants outside go, I know that in some places, if you >have a tree that's just terribly tempting to climb, but dangerous, you >can be held liable if a neighbor kid climbs it and then gets hurt. >"Attractive nuisance" laws. I don't know if hemlock would fall under >any laws like that where you live, but you might want to check on it >before you plant the stuff, just in case. > >The table, garage and your washing machine are presumably off-limits to >any non-guest or non-intruder. The yard outside is a little more >accessible, illegal though it might be for someone to enter your >backyard without your permission. (They have strict laws about swimming >pools in a lot of places....) > >Research your liability, would be my advice. > > Julia
IIRC, the hemlock plant has hollow stems which have poisoned kids who used the stems to make blow guns. -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
