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Bill Jones wrote:
> Lynda wrote:
>
> > Hmmmm, I've been gone a couple of days, so tomorrow I'm looking into the 
> > rice thingy.  Now I'm wondering about maybe making a sort of "wild" area 
> > with "swampy" things like willow, cat tails, those iris, and ?????
> >
> >  
> Sorry, I only did research into useful plants.  If you're just looking 
> for pretty space-takers, the list of suitable plants is much, much longer.
>
> Bill
> S. Oregon coast

Bill, Bill, Bill....
Just when I thought you guys had buried the hatchet... :)
The plants that Linda mentioned, the ones you quoted, are not just 
"pretty space-takers".  No plants are.
Willows have great medicinal use and can be made into all sorts of 
things that could provide income.  Weeping willows, especially for me, 
are what I call 'spirit trees' because I love to look at them and they 
calm my spirit. Cattails are a food crop and can also be woven. Irises 
are used as fixatives in herbal preps.  All of the plants listed are 
excellent at cleaning up water and are used for remediation.

Bev

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