![[DSCF3117-Pano_hemlock_skeleton-web.jpg]] Hemlock is well-known for being the source of the poison that Socrates took to fulfil his death penalty. It is one of the most poisonous organisms on Earth, with a meagre 0.2 grams of it enough to kill. One plant, with its roots which are the most poisonous part of it, can weigh more than one kilogram. Hemlock is toxic for most non-human animals as well, including cattle, so farmers are encouraged to dispose of it, and this is not straight forward. Cutting it with power tools is not advisable because it will spread seeds and can poison anyone that inhales droplets. The law in the UK forbids the disposal of Hemlock in composting bins or alongside household or industrial rubbish. It needs to be treated as toxic material. Hemlock’s biennial cycle plays against it when its seeds fall on farmland: it only produces flowers and seeds on its second year, and crop fields are almost never left unploughed for two years in a row. Only in a few places, like in old landfill sites, it can be found growing free in the middle of fields. An advancing green army shouting again the message that nature doesn’t give a fuck about human desires and fears.