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Omelet wrote:

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Industrial hemp might be the answer.

My credentials: Your correspondent hasn't smoked a joint since the
60's-that-were-really-the-70's. I have no illusions that growing
hemp would turn everybody on; in fact what you'd have to go through to
get high on industrial hemp doesn't bear examining g.

Not many people know that Industrial Hemp is NOT the same thing as
recreational pot. Nowhere near. Anyone that has bothered to do the
research would know that.

It has a million and one uses. 1 acre of IH supposedly creates the same
amount of usable cellulose as 10 acres of forest. It is good for fabric,
paper, fuel and oil, as well as a food source from the seeds.

You can thank Dupont for being one of the major players in getting it
outlawed.

I remember seeing a TV program that discussed living treasures of
Japan. One woman was revered for her Hemp cloth. Seems not only
durable and comfortable but was beautiful without dyes.

Bill

Forgot to mention another neglected valuable plant. Bamboo.

A neat book!

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ynljd5

Bill

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Forgot to mention another neglected valuable plant. Bamboo.

A neat book!

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ynljd5

Bill

Nice. ;-)

Have you read any of Stamets books on Edible mushroom cultivation?
Oyster mushrooms seem to be one of the easiest and most versatile:

http://www2.mailordercentral.com/fun...=MGGM&VARIATIO
N=&AITEM=1&MITEM=1
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In article ,
Omelet wrote:

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William Wagner wrote:

Forgot to mention another neglected valuable plant. Bamboo.

A neat book!

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ynljd5

Bill

Nice. ;-)

Have you read any of Stamets books on Edible mushroom cultivation?
Oyster mushrooms seem to be one of the easiest and most versatile:

http://www2.mailordercentral.com/fun...=MGGM&VARIATIO
N=&AITEM=1&MITEM=1

No I haven't but Thanks to you I'll check it out.

Currently our local brown caps are beginning to appear after a warm
rain. I'm located in a wild mushroom oak forest with high ground water.
Would be perfect for wandering about in but our local deer ticks are
the worse I've ever seen. Most years a bit or two a season. I've had 8
in the last week with another 8 weeks to go. Nasty little guys. My dad
two houses away started antibiotics for Lyme's a week ago.


Bill

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and informative purposes. This material is distributed without profit.

In article

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William Wagner wrote:

In article ,
Omelet wrote:

In article

.net,
William Wagner wrote:

Forgot to mention another neglected valuable plant. Bamboo.

A neat book!

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ynljd5

Bill

Nice. ;-)

Have you read any of Stamets books on Edible mushroom cultivation?
Oyster mushrooms seem to be one of the easiest and most versatile:

http://www2.mailordercentral.com/fun...=MGGM&VARIATIO
N=&AITEM=1&MITEM=1

No I haven't but Thanks to you I'll check it out.

The man is a genius. :-)
And that site also sells some nice indoor and outdoor cultivation kits
(and wood plugs) for affordable prices. Best way in the world to get rid
of stumps, and eat well while you are at it. G

And no, I have no association with that site. I'm just a real fan of his
writings and philosophies.


Currently our local brown caps are beginning to appear after a warm
rain. I'm located in a wild mushroom oak forest with high ground water.
Would be perfect for wandering about in but our local deer ticks are
the worse I've ever seen. Most years a bit or two a season. I've had 8
in the last week with another 8 weeks to go. Nasty little guys. My dad
two houses away started antibiotics for Lyme's a week ago.


Bill

Bummer. :-(

Does insect repellant spray work to keep tics off of you?
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