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RidgeRunner:
Richard:

I still need to work on the scraping some more.  Worked on it a bit yesterday.

And here I was thinking that I was the only persion that ever twisted up a straw cover. ;D

David

Dictionary:
What part of Alabama you from Ridgerunner?


So about now is the time to cut dogbane then being winter and all. Now i need to learn to identify it.

richardzane:
heres a good pic. of dogbane in early summer...look for those red stems
http://www.kgnaturephotography.com/photos-wetland-plants/herbs-dicots-AD/slides/Apocynum-cannabinum-~-Indian-hemp-dogbane-1.html

Onebowonder:
Just for a test, I stripped out some pieces of Wal-Mart plastic sack and twisted them into string and then rope.  I realize they are not exactly "primative", but I have found such stuff lying about in nearly every supposedly wild place I've had the opportunity to visit the last couple of years!

OneBow

RidgeRunner:
Richard:
I scraped two of my stalks early yesterday.  Need to work on that some more.
It would seem from the pix that you have posted that your Dogbane has far more fiber in it than mine......???

David

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