Kudzu

[eliot mayfield]

I was sitting in my place looking over the landscape at the cottonwood tree, the locust tree, the honeysuckle, and the other plants I brought over to make the place more like home. Goodness, I even planted some poison ivy! That's a load of laughs as the locals don't know what it is and the gypsies even try to steal it! I know who has been on my property when I see them scratching!

Then I got to thinking about Kudzu. It's one of those times I wonder about God. I don't mean I question God or his ways. I mean I wonder why he did it?

I used to wonder why he made deerticks or turkey lice, or indeed any ticks. Of course someday I'll know. I'm sure it's to punish sinners. Maybe the Wiccidians and their orgies and baby roastings in the forest made God put ticks on the planet to give them Lyme disease.

So, look at the kudzu problem.

http://www.jjanthony.com/kudzu/houses.html

I figure it's to punish worthless lazy people who can't go buy a weedeater and trim their lawns!

[Brother Temperance]

Re: Kudzu

I think God created it in order to give us a handy metaphor to describe Japs with.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: Kudzu

[...]Then I got to thinking about Kudzu. It's one of those times I wonder about God. I don't mean I question God or his ways. I mean I wonder why he did it? So, look at the kudzu problem.
http://www.jjanthony.com/kudzu/houses.html I figure it's to punish worthless lazy people who can't go buy a weedeater and trim their lawns!

There are an amazing set of pictures on the link. I’d never seen any of this stuff before so I looked it up:

Once established, these plants grow rapidly, extending as much as 20 m (60 ft) per season at a rate of about 30 cm (12 in) per day. This vigorous vine may extend 10–30 m (30–100 ft) in length, with basal stems 1–10 cm (1–4 inches) in diameter. Kudzu roots are fleshy, with massive tap roots 10–20 cm (4–8 in) or more in diameter, reaching depths of up to 12 feet (3.7 m) in older patches, and weighing as much as 180 kg.
The non-woody parts of the plant are edible. The young leaves can be used for salad or cooked as a leaf vegetable; the flowers battered and fried (like squash flowers); and the starchy tuberous roots can be prepared as any root vegetable. When added to water and heated, kudzu powder becomes clear and adds stickiness to the food
Its leaves are high in vitamins A and C, as well as calcium and protein. Its roots are rich in starch and its flowers are an excellent honey source.
The purple flowers of Kudzu are also used to make a sweet jelly, which has been described as tasting like either a cross between apple jelly and peach jelly or bubblegum.

Studies have shown that kudzu can reduce both hangovers and alcohol cravings.

Kudzu has been used as a form of erosion control and also to enhance the soil. As a legume, it increases the nitrogen in the soil. Its deep tap roots also transfer valuable minerals from the subsoil to the topsoil, thereby improving the topsoil.

Kudzu can be used by grazing animals as it is high in quality as forage and greatly enjoyed by livestock. It can be enjoyed up until frost and even slightly after.

Kudzu is used to make soaps, lotions, jelly, and compost. It has even been suggested that kudzu may become a valuable asset for the production of cellulosic ethanol

So I suppose it’s foodstuff for poor people, Unsaved Trash and cattle. It is also fuel for all (Fuel crisis? What fuel crisis?) and as long as you don’t fall asleep near a plant, and make sure that your nigras (who can be fed on it) keep it away from the house and crops, there’s no harm. Perhaps it’s related to Manna?