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["Dianne Stephany" <iluvdanc@rochester.rr.com>]

Donna wrote:
> One weed I find interesting is purslane, called "plant mercury" in China 
> because it concentrates mercury.  If I remember correctly, you can get 2 oz 
> mercury per ton of plant.

That is interesting about the purslane concentrating mercury. I had read 
that it also is a good source of vitamin C and had considered adding it to 
my salads, but not now with the possiobility of mercury.
   Rochester NY had the driest May on  record and one of the coldest- so I 
haven't seen many insects at all, no Japanese beetles.

Dianne Stephany