permaculture

[Mark <mpludwig@facstaff.wisc.edu>]

At 03:52 PM 8/3/02 +0200, you wrote:
> >  From what I read the thatch used in Europe was giant reed grass
> (fragmites
>
> depends - also straw was used, mostly oatstraw, i understand, due to high
> silica content lasted longer, or rye (very long). (its phragmites, btw.).
>
> happy thaching
> georg

phragmites is also very tall, 10 feet/ 3 meters.


Mark P. Ludwig
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University of Wisconsin -Madison
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