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Editor Emeritus Peter Geiger shares how to remove deadly nightshade (belladonna) from your property. Plus, edible nightshade plants like tomatoes and potatoes that you may want to avoid eating and why.

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The Snow Moon is February's full Moon, and for most of North America it lands on the same calendar pages...

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