Main Discussion Area > Cave Men only "Oooga Booga"
fall edibles
jamie:
just researched the plant. its considered a nasty invasive i guess. was wondering if it had any medicinal properties or if it was edible but couldnt find anything. most of the nastiest invasives can be put to use in some way. even kudzu is edible. anybody have more info on the hyacinth?
mullet:
It is probally edible. Some people use it for cattle feed. And it is a nasty invasive. Try paddling a canoe or a power boat through Hyacinth jams in a river sometime.
stickbender:
Which is why they have put manatees, in some of the more navigable waterways, to eat them boogers. Not sure if they were brought here, for their pretty blooms, or if they could be native, but I think they were brought here long ago, as an ornamental plant. Anyway, they can clog a waterway real quick. They do provide good homes for fresh water shrimp, and minnows, and bream, and specks. We used to take a potato rake in the boat, and rake out a hole, in the hyacinths, along the banks, of the Kissimmee River, and jig for specks. The rake was handy for smacking cottonmouths too. ;D Some of which liked to hang from the limbs of trees along the banks, over hanging the water. :o
Wayne
mullet:
Yea, Wayne, used the rake too. They were brought here I believe back in the 20's, don't remember. If I remember right they came from the Amazon and it had something to do with a Worlds Fair.
stickbender:
Yeah, Eddie, I think you are right. I remember something like that, being they were brought up from South America. But I wasn't sure.
Wayne
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version