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[Matt Demmon <mdemmon@gmail.com>]

Thank you Anthony for jumping in to rescue the poor Box Elder. Here
are some of my favorite attributes:

-grows anywhere from Michigan floodplains to New Mexico train stations.
-delicious sap
-sometimes beautiful red streaked wood
-excellent for growing oyster mushrooms
-fast growth
-pretty blue stems
-excellent habitat for insect-eating birds, just the kind you want in
your fruit orchard.

That's all!

-matt
se mi z5 60+ degrees today

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Anthony Curcio <apc@vassolinc.com> wrote:
> What kind of product do you get from box elders.  I tap sugar maples
>
> with the kids at school.  We have lots of box elders but never tapped them.
>
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>
> Jon (Rutland, VT)
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> Jon,
>
> We, like many people tried to rid our farm of the “ Weed Tree”. Then one day
> I saw a beautiful vivid red veined piece of wood in a cabinet maker’s shop.
> Turned out to be Ash Leaf Maple or “ Box Elder”. Shortly after that
> encounter my 10 yo son read that Native Indians reduced the sap of the Box
> Elder to a syrup much like Maple syrup. We built a small wood burning stove,
> tapped a few Box Elders, had a great time and have never gone back to Sugar
> Maple syrup. BE syrup has a very nice honey/buttery flavor. I know it is
> hard to believe but if you can look past the first impression we have found
> something good in just about everything….
>
> Except Mosquitoes…..
>
> Anthony
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> Anthony P. Curcio
> CEO
> VasSol, Inc.
> 833 W. Jackson 8flr.
> Chicago, IL 60607
> Phone- 312-601-4431
> Fax - 312-601-4451
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-matt demmon
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