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  • From: "Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
  • To: "Ontario Fruit Explorers" <labruscagrape@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [OFEX] OK Corral
  • Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:01:14 -0400


Bert,

I have seen walking sticks made from burdock. A scout leader brought one to a meeting and asked people to guess what it was made of. Nobody guessed burdock.

It was light and strong when dried.

Later,
Tom



On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:47:43 -0400, bert dunn <helbert@idirect.com> wrote:

Sorry to hear the OK Corral is retired. You sent me some great pictures of
your labours there.
Not really surprised that St Croix & P. Star are surviving in spite of
neglect. They're tough birds--also make decent wine (a bonus).
All you need to do is grow a different variety of burdock. Helga & I & some
of our kids ate it's rooter of New Years Days at Japanese friends home. It
is a Japanese tradition Cheers Bert
Bert Dunn Box 352 Schomberg LOG1T0 1-905-880-4453


Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 6:59 AM




Hi Bert,

Was over at the old loading pen yesterday and ignoring things may work.

I needed some steel stakes to tie up some top heavy tomatoes, so I went to
the corral to steal steel stakes from the failed grapes.

To my surprize, about four of the sixteen grapes are still there. The St.
Croix is doing what St. Croix does, and defies dying. Though it is not as
robust as my vines at home.

I found that some of the Prairie Star vines had found homes climbing and
growing on the tops of burdock. The burdock was six feet tall.

So for all that time I papmered the corral and nothing worked for me.
Ignore it and the plant pressure forced a few survivors to adapt.

My guess is that everything except the St. Croix dies back to the ground
each winter, and even the St. Croix is hard pressed.

If there was only a market for burdock!

Later,
Tom

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