Beware the Hogweed

Giant hogweed. The name alone is ugly. What the plant's sap does to your skin and eyes is even worse.

Native to the Caucasus Mountains in Russia, giant hogweed was introduced to American gardens in the early 1900s. Now it's considered a pest that should be eradicated. Four previously unknown giant hogweed sites were recently documented In Maine.

Today's:

Our New Books
	Interventions \| Four individually bound stories presented in a lovely slipcase.
	Take Heart \| In this collection of verse, Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair has collected the work of Maine poets from his popular “Take Heart” column, featuring a poem each week in thirty newspapers across the state and reaching a quarter of a million readers.
	The Maine Lobster Book \| This fun, fact-filled book brings the reader on the lobster’s journey from ocean floor to plate, stopping along the way to get to know the people and places of Maine’s iconic industry.
	Grandma Drove the Lobsterboat \| The redoubtable Grandma—this book is a sequel to Grandma Drove the Snowplow—is at it again.