To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Cattails (was: we are one)
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 18:08:34 -0200
> Cattails are indeed edible, at least the young shoots are quite tasty raw
or
> steamed. As to whether the Guarani will eat them, they'd have to be
> presented in a culturally appropriate manner, whatever that would be. For
> control, the Bullocks in Washington State US had their delicious cattail
> crop inadvertantly controlled by muskrats, which thrived on the shoots
> growing in the new bog that they created. The muskrats in turn beccame
> controlled by otters, eagles, and other predators that came to feast on
the
> new food source. So perhaps you can find a native aquatic vegetarian
rodent
> that would not upset the wetland system