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mike
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 Posted: 12/10/2003, 9:52 am Post subject: Kudzu, Y'all! |
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I know I'll catch grief from Hooli, but GTG will love this!!
http://www.jjanthony.com/kudzu/
Some personal notes:
Several of the places shown on this site are near and dear to me. My family has deep roots in Lumpkin County, Ga. Most specifically in the town of Dahlonega. Dahlonega was the center of the nation's first major gold rush in 1828. I have several direct ancestors buried in the area. I also have distant cousins still there, in Gainesville, GA, and in the Atlanta area. Finally, there's one photo here the town where my dad was born, Walhalla, SC!!
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evenstar
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| Posted: 12/10/2003, 10:03 am Post subject: |
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Mike between kudzu haircuts:
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When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
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mike
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| Posted: 12/10/2003, 10:10 am Post subject: |
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Is that all you got??? 
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evenstar
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| Posted: 12/10/2003, 10:35 am Post subject: |
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No....I also have a bad cold thanks to my grandkid! You want it? 
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John Richardson and Richie Rich, El Perro de Playero
http://members.tripod.com/~evenstar/index.html
http://www.arizonahikers.com
When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
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GTG
Was lost but now am found
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Location: Peoria, Arizona, originally from Rocket City, USA
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GTG will love this!!
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Oh boy, I can hear the skeeters and feel the air now. It's summer in the south in most of those pictures. Try to explain kudzu to people and that won't do justice to what pictures will do to show what kudzu will do. Our government brought kudzu here from Japan after the civil war to help control erosion in the war torn southern states. It did a much worse job than expected. Kudzu will grow across a less traveled road if given a few days without traffic. It covers everything. First to grow, last to die, kudzu is prolific to make an understatement. The flowers are beautiful and do smell pretty but 9.75 southerners out of 10 don't know that. They just know it grows.
Them folks need some pigs -
Pigs are about the only thing that can get rid of it supposedly. I wonder if they ever tried goats? Pigs supposedly dig up the roots which kills the plant. Although I've never seen someplace where someone told me "Yeah we used to have kudzu over there but now it's gone."
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mike
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| Posted: 12/10/2003, 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Fellow Southern Gentleman, GTG wrote: |
They just know it grows.
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They know because if you watch closely, you can actually see it growing!!
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Tom Treks
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Good Lord.
I've got a question. How come Japan isn't one big clump of Kudzu? |
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mike
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I've got a question. How come Japan isn't one big clump of Kudzu?
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| http://www.jjanthony.com/kudzu/ wrote: |
| Kudzu is a vine that when left uncontrolled will eventually grow over almost any fixed object in its proximity including other vegetation. |
| http://www.cptr.ua.edu/kudzu/ wrote: |
| In China and Japan, ground kudzu root (called kuzu) has been a common ingredient in foods and medications for centuries. Kudzu is respected and enjoyed there. It's far more versatile than say, turnips. But kudzu grows better in the South than it does in its native lands. Its natural insect enemies were not brought to the U.S. with it. |
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