Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Barbara Fischer" <cen12205@centurytel.net>]

Art.....don't you live in AR?  I don't know where but I have plenty of
comfrey in Illinois and I am going up there next Thursday.  Let me know if
you want me to bring you a bunch.  You can come after it or I can mail it
for just the postage.

Barbara
Merrythought Farm
Calico Rock, AR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art Corbit" <art_c@cox.net>
To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing"
<livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Where can you get comfrey?


> Thanks Harvey,
>
> I found one place on the net that sells it for $2 plus postage per root.
If
> I can't find it cheaper I'll try it.
>
> Art
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harvey Ussery" <huboxwood@earthlink.net>
> To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 7:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Where can you get comfrey?
>
>
> > > Harvey,
> > >
> > > I have been trying to find a picture of this comfrey but haven't been
> able
> > > to yet. If I have seen it before I didn't know what it was. It sounds
> like
> > > something a person could grow in fence rows and use for compost. If
you
> have
> > > a link to a picture of it please post it.
> > >
> > > Art
> >
> > Yes, comfrey is great for planting along fences, hedgerows, as ground
> > cover in the orchard, and other nooks and corners not needed for crops.
> > (Just remember that, wherever you put it, it's going to pretty much be
> > there from now on--you won't eradicate it from that spot without a
fight.)
> >
> > And yes, it's great for the compost heap, also for mulches, also for
> > making a fertilizing herbal tea you can use to feed plantings, also for
> > feeding livestock (my chickens like it, my geese *love* it)--and on and
> > on. It is a tremendously useful plant.
> >
> > Paul has already given a link for a pic. A Google of "comfrey picture"
> > turned up dozens of picture links.
> >
> > ~Harvey
> > --
> > Harvey in northern Va
> > www.themodernhomestead.us
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