permaculture

[mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>]

here's a quick list of just such things which we make at dreamtime:


hard shell gourds (lageneria): music instruments (guitar, banjo, sax, 
drums, zither, nail violin) , bird & bat houses, containers, wine 
casks, dildos, flotation for gill netting (havent done that one 
myself), planters, water dippers...

mock bamboo (polygonum): flutes, wind chimes, tonic

local woods: djembes & ashiko drums

willow: woven living kiva

black walnut husks: my son uses for hair dye occasionally  (Id be weary 
of repeated use).

comfrey: living mulch, salve, poultice, gley (havent tried this one, 
but layers of comfrey seem to bond together in a very plastic way)

prairie mimosa: temperate north american ayahuasca (st john's wort: mao 
inhibitor?)

grape vine: baskets & strapping, good for weaving shelters with other 
materials too.

subsoil clay: music instruments (ocarinas, flutes, water whistles), 
dinnerware & jugs

my son has also made a lot of herbpaper using mugwort, echinacea, dry 
lint, old clothes



mIEKAL




On Friday, November 22, 2002, at 03:11  PM, Lawrence F. London, Jr. 
wrote:

> Sharon Gordon wrote:
>
> In designing for long term needs,  I am interested in hearing from 
> people who are expanding
> more beyond a focus on food and cooking/heating fuel.  To me, those 
> essential needs are an
> ideal place to begin, and then there are so many other interesting 
> possibilites to include.
mIEKAL aND
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