I had a rough run-in with snakeroot. It’s everywhere ’round where I live in Brookline. It was popping up in my raspberries, and I started pulling it–even with more incentive once I noted that it’s toxic to humans and animals.
Later that night, I found myself in my bathroom inches away from death. As my body convulsed but my reflexes started reacting, the memory of snakeroot’s toxicity flashed across my clenched-tight eyes.