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TJ wrote:
"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote

I quite like horsetail. Very old plant. I don't get rid of all of it. I
like it with cornflowers, red zenias and some mint

I find them a bit tough and stringy, but very good roughage...

i believe that in the olden days native american indians used horsetail to
scour their cooking pots.

It was certainly used for that and similar purposes in Europe.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.