Re: [nafex] Blue Understory

[Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

Try working with Weight Watchers, as I bet it is low calorie and really
filling.

I can make that joke due to "fat guy" perogative concessions.

Regards,
Tom

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Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Hardiness Zone 6a

On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Bill Russell wrote:

> I have been trying to create a market for Gypsy Moth egg caviar, so far
> unsuccessfully. Not only would its popularity help to control a serious pest
> problem and bring enormous financial rewards to me, it could provide
> employment for egg collectors in areas, such as where I live, that have been
> most economically hurt by the infestations.
> 
> Bill
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <PermacultureNo1@aol.com>
> To: <sharplr@yahoo.com>; <nafex@egroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 11:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Blue Understory
> 
> 
> >
> > In a message dated 1/10/01 5:22:05 PM, sharplr@yahoo.com writes:
> >
> > << If you do not know what Florida betony is you must not
> > have it and you should  consider yourself lucky.
> > Because once you get it you will spend the rest of
> > your life trying to eradicate it.
> >  >>
> >
> > I haven't found any need to eradicate it.  It is entirely edible and a
> great
> > forage for people, wildlife, bees, and livestock.  It foliates during the
> > cooler weather, and puts out tubers to carry over the hot weather, so it
> does
> > not compete with the common warm season grasses hereabouts.  We have been
> > brainwashed to regard scarcity as valuable and fear abundance.
> Personally,
> > any totally useful plant that grows freely here, such as betony or kudzu,
> is
> > most welcome.  We can use them as fast or faster than they grow.
> >
> > Dan Hemenway
> >  Barking Frogs Permaculture Center
> > http://barkingfrogspc.tripod.com/frames.html
> > or
> > http://www.permaculture.net/~EPTA/Hemenway.htm
> >
> > The protocol for our Annual Permaculture Design Course Online is at
> > http://barkingfrogspc.tripod.com/protocol.html
> >
> > For a copy of Barking Frogs Permaculture Center's annual letter, just
> issued,
> > email us at BarkingFrogsPC@aol.com
> >
> > A list by topic of all Yankee Permaculture titles may be found at
> > http://csf.colorado.edu/perma/ypc_catalog.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
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