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  • From: VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Swamp, was This and That
  • Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 16:47:21 -0800 (PST)

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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