To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Star Thistle
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 00 12:52:50 -0700
>all really tough" plants also
>quite often have medicinal properties. Is the thistle medicinal? What
>good does it do?
I don't have the blessing of its presence, so I've not done a thorough
inquiry into its totality! But at the very least it discourages the
lazy-fare monocultural use of the burnt-out pastures it grows in! But
there are some uses amongst the Centaureas, no? They have a strong name-
anyone know why?
-Rick