>>1032937Anon, Hemlock tree (Tsuga) tips are edible, just like 99.999% of pines. Yew (Taxus), Norfolk Island Pine (Araucana heterophylla), and Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) are the toxic ones, yew especially.
>>1034205It is only a problem where there is either toxic chemicals in the soil or there's high nitrogen in the soil. The plant takes up both. The nitrogen turns into nitrates and eating too much gives you nitrate toxicity. If the plants are grown in poor soils that don't have waste chemicals in them, you are fine to eat it. Even with high nitrogen soils, you'd need to eat a lot in order to have problems.
Boiling doesn't help. That just helps with people who get bloated with excess fiber and fresh plants in their diet. Like sunchoke for instance.
FYI, the garden variety is called, "magenta spreen". I grow the wild variety in my gardens and eat them fresh and as a potherb like spinach and collards. I actually have a boat load of seed from last year. Yes, you should be able to start it somewhere. Try places, in the sun, where there is bare ground already.
