The Japanese go out in the ecountryside when famine hits and dig the big sweet potato like tuber of the Kudzu vine...It's not too tasty , but starving folks eat it...They also make a thickening powder from the root, which I have seen in stores....The new growing tips are edible as a greens dish, and honey is made from the flowers...It has a rather pretty purple flower...I made baskets with the vines when I lived in Georgia, but don't live close to any here... This 'curse' was brought into the US as a plant to feed animals and to reclaim waste land....and everyone wanted a sprig to plant as a shade for their porch..It grew so FAST ! Well, that is the curse now...it grows so FAST! From what I have read the best way to get rid of it is to pen up some pigs in there and they will dig out and eat the roots...Critters will eat the tops, but not nearly fast enough to control it...I think they need to come up with a disease like Dutch elm disease to turn loose on it....I know where a big patch of it is growing in S. IL... Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Fri, 3 May 2013 18:14:23 -0400 "Donna" <[email protected]> writes: > It�s around in the country-side, but I haven�t seen it in > residential areas in the cities. I hope it stays far, far away from > my yard! > > Donna > Peachtree City, GA > ____________________________________________________________ NetZero now offers 4G mobile broadband. Sign up now. http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=NZINTISP0512T4GOUT1