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  • From: Scott Pittman <pci@permaculture-inst.org>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Bind weed
  • Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 08:17:27 -0600

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?



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