I find all of this surprising. It is sold in Texas in some grocery stores, for instance, the Kroger food chain. I am wondering if perhaps the sugar industry,...
In light of these doubts raised by various institutions about Stevia, I feel attention must be called to a blatant double standard. Not only are there products...
Good evening Orava, many many thanks for the link ! Where're you from ? Regards from France Lionel ... Good evening Orava, many many thanks for the link !...
I am from Paraguay where we have been using Stevia (here called "kaa hee" -sweet plant- by the natives) for hundreds of years without any kind of problem. ...
Greetings Lionel (and others too) I live in central-eastern Fennoscandia, on the finnish side of the russian border. In the south is baltic shield, in the east...
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Do you get ripe Japanese Walnuts ?? Any named varieties ?? Geir Flatabø ... Do you get ripe Japanese Walnuts ?? Any named varieties ?? Geir Flatabø On...
Dear All I have been on the list for sometime now and always enjoy keeping up to date by reading all the messages. My reason for contacting you all, is to ask...
I simply cannot get enough of this Plants for a Future website, I've been surfing around in here all morning. Although the English gardens these authors...
Hi Bruce, I'm Steve from Bermuda, and I can't directly help you; but Anna, the webmistress at Treetribe (another friendly group), lives in Wales. In addition...
"The only species that will survive on Earth are the ones that can get humans to care about them." It is wonderful to read people¹s reactions to this...
Hi Griselda, I'm Steve from Bermuda, You make an excellent point. The plants humans focus their attention on seem to either suffer or turn up in some pretty...
Fukuoka has not had much good to say about agriculture in the US considering it all desert. It may not all be desert, but it is getting closer to it all of...
... Hi Steve/Griselda, No! Don't compost Japanese Knotweed! I used to do voluntary work for Islington Ecology Centre with a particular interest in Japanese...
The J Knotweed is a nightmare and yes, Ingrid, I would not compost it. Via the web I found the roots can go down 30 feet or more and the plant can extend its...
young shoots can be used like asparagus, very lemony. we use the dried stalks to make flutes & panpipes. the juice of the plant is used to make a chinese...
If you "draw" it / pick i early enough it tastes quite OK, and no problem controllingits invasiveness in a small area (in Norway). Ger Flatabø ... If you...
I assumed that this list was operating under permaculture principles, linking of anything as a "weed" seems contrary to the very precepts of permaculture. ...
When we lived in the USA, we had japanese knotweed in the garden - oh my goodness! This is the weed from hell! The neighbour laughed as we foolishly tried to...
... Actually, the list description doesn't mention permaculture. ... Description Plants For A Future is a charity which researches into edible and otherwise...
Hello, I hope someone can help me with this question. I made a number of wooden planters in which I plan to grow garden vegetables, and to waterproof the...
Anyone have any experience / knowledge about Spilanthes oleracea, the toothache plant.. A small annual Compositae.. making you salivate and numbness inside...
I assumed that this list was operating under permaculture principles, ... Re: [pfaf] Re: Japanese Knotweed I assumed that this list was operating under...
... Dear Mark and Colleagues--Generally speaking, if the resin is fully reacted and properly cured (allowed to fully react and offgas any unreacted monomers),...
... Since you've already done this (I think), you can now, if you're worried about it, line them with black plastic sold as mulching material for food crops....
Hi Ingrid and everyone else, First I want to thank you for your warning about the "Knotweed" - I was mistaken not to say that one shouldn't include any roots...
Dear All Just to add to the Japanese knotweed composting controversy... ! We actually did a trial composting it a few years ago on a project on Plymouth...
... Indeed, the relationship between PFAF and permaculture is foggy. There is a common core of woodland/forest gardening which is one of the key techniques...
Has anyone mentioned that the young shoots of Japanese Knotweed are edible? I haven't eaten them myself, have just read about it. It seems - here in the...
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