When I was a kid, I used to collect pokeweed berries in the fall. Not to eat — I knew that they’re poisonous— but to use the magenta-colored juice as ink. (Another common name for this plant is ...

Is maroon my natural hair color? Yes. Today my silver sports a blob of vibrant maroon from all-natural pokeberry juice hair color. My friends are astounded. Young people pay me compliments. Football ...

One man's meat is another man's poison is an old adage that may apply to the American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) also known as pokeberry. Whether it is a weed or not depends on attitude, since a ...

There is a giant weed that pops up in our hydrangeas every spring. No matter how many times my wife cuts it back, it always comes back. Pokeberry (Phytolacca americana) is a native plant that can be ...

When I was a kid, I used to collect pokeweed berries in the fall. Not to eat — I knew that they’re poisonous— but to use the magenta-colored juice as ink. (Another common name for this plant is ...