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To: SC DOC

Dude! That garden is out of hand! Is that Ivy?


32 posted on 05/22/2008 8:59:52 AM PDT by BoneHead
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To: BoneHead
That's kudzu.

Originally imported as a ground cover to prevent erosion.

When left unattended, aka several days of neglecting to use a flame thrower attachment for your weed eater, it can grow to cover houses, cars, trees, telephone poles and lines, and immobile or slow-moving animals and government employees.

33 posted on 05/22/2008 9:09:32 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
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To: BoneHead

During the rainy season in the South, the kudzu can grow 12-18 inches per day.


35 posted on 05/22/2008 9:11:07 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
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To: BoneHead; NicknamedBob

Kudzu is delicious, nutritious, and very high in fiber. It can be used as a substitute for spinach, but steam the leaves first.


41 posted on 05/22/2008 9:27:58 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("If Global Warming did not exist, the left would have to invent it. In fact, they did." ~Don Feder)
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To: BoneHead
Dude! That garden is out of hand! Is that Ivy?

No- It is Kudzu, the plant that is eating its way through the southeast. Click on the picture for Kudzu recipes!

46 posted on 05/22/2008 10:12:03 AM PDT by SC DOC
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