In message , Anne Jackson
writes
Well, the difference there would be that I not only had a laburnum tree
in my garden, I also have five children and thirteen grandchildren!

None of them ever attempted to eat laburnum seeds or pods, because
I *made it my job* to educate them as to what was dangerous in the
garden, and what was not!

On the more general topic of poisonous plants and kids. There is a
thread on this over in uk.people.parents. anyone got any good online (or
offline) references for poisonous plants likely to be in a garden?
--
Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds
urg Suppliers and References FAQ:
http://www.familyfrench.co.uk/garden/urgfaq/index.html