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  • From: georg parlow <g.parlow@gmx.at>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] cattail ag model | wild lettuce
  • Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:14:15 +0200


almost an entire groceries store. The roots produce an eatable excellent
starch. The new shoots are some what chewie but taste like asparagus . The
seed head as it just starts can be steamed and tastes like corn. the
pollen can be harvested and used in baking about one half to one quarter in
flour to get a nuttie buttery taste to baked goods, The long leaves can be
used to weave mats and soft baskets.

Let me add to this their use in garden medicin: if you have a fungus or mildew problem on plants, boil a tea out of cattails and water the soil around those plants with it (dont pour on the plants) - this 'draws the fungi back into the soil, where they belong' according to Rudolf Steiner, and seems to work quite well.
+ their use for scrubbing pots etc. - make a small, tight package from a few stems and leaves, and use like a sponge.


eat it in salads if it is safe to do so. Any suggestions about that?

yea, post a link, sounds good.

Best,
georg








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