permaculture

["Marsha Hanzi" <hanzibra@svn.com.br>]

> Cattails are indeed edible, at least the young shoots are quite tasty raw
or
> steamed. As to whether the Guarani will eat them, they'd have to be
> presented in a culturally appropriate manner, whatever that would be. For
> control, the Bullocks in Washington State US had their delicious cattail
> crop inadvertantly controlled by muskrats, which thrived on the shoots
> growing in the new bog that they created. The muskrats in turn beccame
> controlled by otters, eagles, and other predators that came to feast on
the
> new food source. So perhaps you can find a native aquatic vegetarian
rodent
> that would not upset the wetland system


Capivara??
Marsha