permaculture

["Bob Waldrop" <bwaldrop@cox.net>]

Any thoughts on how to get the oil from the Maximilian sunflower seeds? 
They are very small, much smaller than a regular oilseed sunflower.  Chop 
and boil and then skim off the oil?  Or would a press work?  We have them 
growing, but haven't figured out the oil extraction aspect.

In other news, at the order of Oklahoma City, today we chopped down 2 plum, 
1 peach, 1 mulberry, 1 fig, and 1 apple tree.  Details at 
http://www.bobwaldrop.net/?p=737 for more details, pictures of the deed at 
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=285630&id=779963701&l=d24829f0fa .  I 
feel like I am on the Titanic and watching while they chop holes in the 
bottoms of the lifeboats.

Bob Waldrop, Okie City

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Merry Cox" <broadminded2@msn.com>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Perennial Nonedible Oilseeds


>  Maximilian sunflowers grow at 7,200 ft in the Colorado Rockies.
>  Merry
>
> Illinois bundleflower? And Wes Jackson is also growing Maximilian 
> sunflower
> in
> > Kansas, but that may be zone 5. Both have significant quantities of oil. 
> > Most
> > indigenous people in the frozen north get their oil from animals.
> >
> > Toby
> > http://patternliteracy.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mar 9, 2011, at 6:52 AM, Jay Woods wrote:
> >
> > > I've just realized that I don't know of a single one good for zone 4 or
> > > colder. The closest thing to this that I do know is the seeds of most
> > > fruits such as apple, pear, peach and apricot have a small amount of oil
> > > and the seeds themselves are inedible because of the cyanide content.
> > > The composition of persimmon and pawpaw seeds needs to be checked on.
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