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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

I would like to add a question to that.  Where in the
world did anyone get the idea that looking pretty is
not useful.
I also fail to understand the idea that a plant has
value only when as it applies to humankind and our
limited values based on physical and commercial wants.
Van Dell 


--- EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

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