permaculture

[Rick Valley <bamboogrove@cmug.com>]

The hard part about thatch is beginning from scratch; you need lots of
material, harvested at the correct time and treated properly post-harvest.
Also, a managed reed bed, for instance, will furnish better thatch which is
easier to harvest. I think there are oportunities here for artesanal
enterprises, and perma-connections to make with, f'rinstance, your sawage
wetland system. Currently, if you need thatch for your tropical theme bar,
f'rinstance, you'd generally buy it pre-prepared and shipped in from some
not-totally-plasticized part of the world.
-Rick

> From: "Simon Kartar" <skartar@cfbt.com>
> Reply-To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 15:37:10 +0100
> To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Material for raised bed
> 
> While we're on the subject - does anyone have experience with thatch? Is it
> hard to do?