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Re: Now Kudzu
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Reply to: #24912 by MoonBunny
Jun 1, 2006 8:23am
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I've posted a photo from the Kudzu Crazy letterbox vicinity to give you an idea of the walls of kudzu.

http://www.atlasquest.com/gallery/viewphoto.html?gPhotoId=3130&gReturnUrl=%2Fgallery%2Fviewalbum.html%3FgAlbumId%3D35
Re: Now Kudzu
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Reply to: #24907 by GreyCrazy
Jun 1, 2006 11:09am
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When I was a kid we had a kudzu field directly across from our house. I remember when I was about twelve sitting under a tree at the edge of the field a foot (I measured!) from the end of a kudzu runner.

After four hours of sitting in the shade and reading, the runner was halfway to my toe and, no, I had not moved!

Amazing stuff and you cannot hurry through a kudzu field or you'll sprawl flat on your face...

Knit Wit
Re: Giant Hogweed
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Reply to: #24897 by zoemomma
Jun 1, 2006 11:33am
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Right now, 14:30 EST, there is a video on the main page at CNN.com about hogweed.

UsVsThem
Re: Giant Hogweed
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Reply to: #24958 by UsVsThem
Jun 1, 2006 11:52am
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This stuff is gorgeous...I can see why folks planted it in the first place.
Too bad it is such BAD stuff.

Castor Bean or "Mole Bean" is another plant that can be deadly if ingested but boy is it ever beautiful. I grow it because it has to be actually eaten to harm you...not just touched.

dixiekin
Re: Giant Hogweed
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Reply to: #24958 by UsVsThem
Jun 1, 2006 12:46pm
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Couldn't help but notice this video is from Seattle. I've never seen that stuff that I can remember but now I'll be on the look out for it both because it is really neat looking and because I really really want to avoid it.
Re: Now Kudzu
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Reply to: #24900 by Lock Wench
Jun 1, 2006 2:11pm
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I call it "the vine that ate Mississippi".I read in one of my edible plant books that it's edible. If I remember right you boil it like any green.

Shiloh