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<p>Farmer:<br>
Could you braid or wrap several sticks of that stuff while it is
alive and let it grow into a walking stick?<br>
Cecil<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/19/2019 6:58 PM, Indiana Robinson
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<div>This stuff is "extremely" invasive... If it isn't in your
area yet just wait, it will be. Between it taking over and the
Emerald Ash Borer killing all of our ash trees our wood lots
and forest are changing radically.</div>
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<div>It is a very hard wood or at least is here. I once made a
longbow out of it and I almost can't draw it. I just saw some
folks using thin stems to make wreaths. If you have one of
those small high efficiency air-tight stoves that require the
wood to be split down pretty small it can serve well as
firewood. I have a smallish batch cut to make walking sticks.
Quite small diameter sticks are very strong. I have not tried
it yet but it may well make good strong arrows if they can be
straightened well. I believe they can.</div>
<div>This stuff is a tough kill, partly because it is so
invasive. You don't want to just spray everything in sight but
it takes over so bad it is almost everything in sight.</div>
<div>There must be a half zillion versions of this plant.</div>
<div>Old tractor connection: I can see this stuff being trained
to grow straight and making first rate sickle mower pittmans.<br>
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Francis Robinson<br>
aka "farmer"<br>
Central Indiana USA<br>
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