Hi, new to this forum, I look forward to participating.
I have sizable garden prunings, and am running out of chisels and files to rehandle. So to spoons and bowls. I currently have quite a bit of privet (eventually got to an unused part of garden), and whilst ingesting the flowers (and inhaling the scent in Spring) and seeds are a problem, are there any problems with the dry wood itself? I do have alternatives - crepe myrtle, camellia, rhododendron, bottle brush, macadamia, mango, lemon. I might mention privet is a noxious weed in this part of the world and land owners are legally obliged to get rid of it.
The NSW Dept of Ag poisonous garden trees/plants publication rarely mentions the timber itself being toxic, with a couple of exceptions eg Rhus, Oleander http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/ass...-to-people.pdf
Thanks for your help, the spoons (pretty rustic at this stage) are starting to emerge from the green wood, so I don't want to poison anyone.
Peter in Sydney