permaculture

[German Poleo <gpoleo@agctr.lsu.edu>]

Probably capybara will do the job and in adition you will have meat (They are 
great)

German

Toby Hemenway wrote:

> 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. The question to ask is why aren't
> other nearby ponds choked out by cattails? Or is this pond simply eutrophic,
> which would put you on a tough uphill course if cattails are really the next
> stage of succession.
>
> toby
>
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