permaculture

[Scott Pittman <pci@permaculture-inst.org>]

At 11:24 AM 8/14/00 +0000, you wrote:
> On 08/09/00, "rick valley
> <bamboogrove@cmug.com>" wrote:
> > >all really tough&quot; plants also
> > >quite often have medicinal properties. Is the thistle medicinal?
> What
> > >good does it do?
> > I don't have the blessing of its presence, so I've not done a
> thorough 
> > inquiry into its totality! But at the very least it discourages the
> > lazy-fare monocultural use of the burnt-out pastures it grows in!
> But 
> > there are some uses amongst the Centaureas, no? They have a strong
> name-
> > anyone know why?
> > -Rick

Speaking of blessings - we have large patches of bindweed. Any known way
of terminating its presence, besides black plastic, that does not work
reliably?