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  • From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Swamp, was This and That
  • Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:10:33 -0500



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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Bevanron of EarthNSky Farm Sleep well tonight, for somewhere in the ocean's depths, MY son is protecting YOUR freedom.







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