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Gene GeRue wrote:
> On Apr 28, 2008, at 6:46 AM, Robert Walton wrote:
>
> > > Keith posted a nice piece on lillies. I mostly like plants that
> > produce food. But every now and then, I think that it's important
> > for a homesteader to think about asthetics. Ditch lillies are a
> > great homestead plant.


Don't know if your ditch lillies and my daylillies are the same, but
daylilly bulbs/roots are edible.  From survivaliq :
> The young green leaves are edible raw or cooked. Tubers are also
> edible raw or cooked. You can eat its flowers raw, but they taste
> better cooked. You can also fry the flowers for storage.

So really, they are an even greater homestead plant.
There is a naturalized patch behind my house that is as large as my house.

B

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