Although comfrey is considered a pest in parts of the country, here in
Central Texas you have to baby it along to keep any going. Way too hot
and
dry. I have a small patch for medicinal purposes but it is significant
focus to keep it going. .
Sincerely,
Marjory
----- Original Message -----
From: "mIEKAL aND" <dtv@mwt.net>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] fruit tree guilds
> The variety of comfrey I'm growing does well in sunlight, I use it as
> living mulch around many of my fruits trees & around my buartnuts
> (which is the overstory in the forest garden). I usually get 3-4
> harvests a year from it. In fact I've never seen comfrey not thrive
> in these parts.
>
> ~mIEKAL
>
> just put up an excellent batch of elderberry merlot & the plum wine
> I'm making blew the lid off the primary...
>
>
> On Aug 28, 2006, at 9:06 AM, roxann wrote:
>
> > mIEKAL,
> >
> > does your comfrey do okay in strong sunlight, or does it get a
> > little shade? mine is really not happy at all, and i'm planning to
> > move it to a shadier spot. and i ALSO have some lilacs that i was
> > planning to move there this fall :)
> >
> > Roxann, NW AR
> > http://www.AncientEarthWisdom.com
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