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florasita
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Posted: Feb 13 2010 at 7:15pm \| IP Logged

anyone here know about living on swampy land ? there is a creek which runs to the big lake and a small pond which dh the prairie boy keeps calling a lake

. any benefits to swampy land ? what type of use can the land be used for etc.
bush is mostly willow , some birch and spruce .
dh was thinking maybe wild rice production ?
Thanks , Roxie

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Posted: Feb 13 2010 at 7:22pm \| IP Logged

cranberries?

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Posted: Feb 13 2010 at 7:43pm \| IP Logged

oh Theresa that would be a wonderful crop would it not

I don't thoink they would winter here . but highbush cranberry does . do you have cranberry in Alaska ? if it grows there then I know it would here .
keep ideas coming , the more I have to offer dh the better

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Posted: Feb 13 2010 at 8:01pm \| IP Logged

Cranberries grow in New Jersey and states north of that, if it helps to know that...Maybe wild rice...but my dh says it's pretty finicky about temperature ranges. I don't know exactly where you are, either (Canada is BIG!).

Is there something you could do with willow or other medicinal plants?

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Posted: Feb 15 2010 at 6:23am \| IP Logged

Nancy we are in MB and the land ids north central . yes I use willow alot for arthritus remedy I harvest quite a bit already . Wild rice does grow at the march here ,we can just boat up the creek and there it is . we are just not sure on how marketable it is , worth the effort etc. maybe water lily bulbs ? dh really wanted to try his hand at bees & sheep and that is definately not swamp material

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