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  • From: Cheri Shelnutt <cshel4@adelphia.net>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Where can you get comfrey?
  • Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 16:40:00 -0400

Art,
As I stated earlier - I would be glad to send comfrey roots to anyone who would like them - I will send them out next week - no charge but a reimbursement for the actual cost of postage would be appreciated.
Cheri

On Aug 3, 2006, at 1:05 PM, Art Corbit wrote:

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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