"Nick Maclaren" wrote ...
after "David \(Normandy\)" writes:
| Nearly two inches of rain in 24 hours. Wet and getting wetter.
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| Perhaps time to consider alternative crops - like rice?

Too bloody cold for that. The roots of several water plants (e.g.
club mace) contain a lot of starch - does anyone know what they
taste like?

Didn't the poor used to make a flour and bread out of it? Or am I thinking
of another water plant.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK