Deadly nightshade, or belladonna nightshade, is an extremely toxic plant with a murky history. All parts of are poisonous, including the roots, leaves and especially the glossy black berries ...

Nightshade plant species are also susceptible to infectious fungal diseases like blight. If your eggplants develop this, there’s a good chance it will spread to tomato plants growing next to them.

As Andrew F. Smith details in his 1994 book The Tomato in America: Early History, Culture and Cookery, before the fruit made ...

One of my students posed the question, “Why does tradition suggest that we should plant our seed potatoes on Good Friday?” ...

Cornwall A cousin of the deadly nightshade plant is thriving in Britain because of the balmy weather - with experts warning its poisonous berries could kill. The fruit of the black nightshade ...