On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 00:53:27 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
~ ~ ~I understand it makes a fantastic livestock feed for all ruminants. ~Sheep, goats and cattle. I don't understand why they don't try grazing ~on those fields where it's taken over? ~ ~I've never tried to grow it. Starts of it are offered on ebay. ;-) ~ ~I might get in trouble with the Texas ag. people for importing it. They ~have already banned water hyacinth and you can get fined for having it ~in a home pond, and they just recently banned the sale of mystery-apple ~snails at the pet store which really peeed me off! I liked to keep one ~to keep my beta tank clean of algae, but I can't ever get one to live ~more than 6 months. :-( ~ ~Cheers!
Don't get me started on invasive species. Japanese knotweed, aka J bamboo, was brought in as a quick-growing screen for the wealthy. Now it's so dug in that even roundup won't kill it totally. Wild rose. That stuff with the berries with yellow husks and orange berries
Agar as a thickenerOmManiPadmeOmelet wrote on 01 Oct 2005 in rec.food.cooking AFAIK Agar is like pectin only thick when cool. * Exported from MasterCook * Jenny's Indispensable Almost No Carb Barbecue Sauce Recipe...
Roast beef au jus IIjmcquown You really need to learn how to grill chuck steaks, no other steak tastes so good, and there is no reason a properly prepared chuck steak can't be grilled to tender succulence. Look...
My last yard was good at growing only the above. Along with some horsenettle and smartweed. After 7 years of physical eradication efforts, I finally decided to espallier the bittersweet and wild rose, mow the smartweed (doesn't look too bad from a distance) and salt the knotweed. That worked for 6 years until I had back troubles, then it all overgrew again.
When we were in Florida, the guide at one of the everglade parks told us about the pythons that people dump, and some type of snail that also causes troubles.
For every conciencious caretaker of non-native plants and animals, there are dozens more who get bored with them and toss them where they take root and multiply,pushing out native species that live in harmony with the local fauna who keep them under control.
end rantmaxine in ri
