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--Apple-Mail-18-692607208 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Here is an article for Fred Scheuler & Aleta Karstad about elephant =20 grass or reed grass (Phragmites) and the art of using it for =20 thatching roofs, esp. at the Annapolis-Royal Public Gardens. Cheers =20 from Jim in Wolfville. Here is a paragraph from the article below: "Karen Achenbach related the story that a railway landing used to be =20 located near the [Annapolis] marsh. Years ago, a circus train stopped =20= at the landing and bedding used for the elephants was swept out of =20 the railcar. That bedding contained Phragmites that seeded the stands =20= of reeds that flourish today, hence the name elephant grass." Chronicle Herald, Monday, May 21, 2012 Interest grows in thatched roofs - 10 hours ago ANNAPOLIS ROYAL =97 Visitors to the Historic Gardens have the =20 opportunity to see a rare example of an authentic thatched roof. =20 Volunteers ... TheChronicleHerald.ca= --Apple-Mail-18-692607208 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Here is an article for = Fred Scheuler & Aleta Karstad about elephant grass or reed grass = (Phragmites) and the art of using it for thatching roofs, esp. at the = Annapolis-Royal Public Gardens. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. = </div><div><br></div><div>Here is a paragraph from the article = below:</div><div><br></div><div>"<span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; ">Karen Achenbach = related the story that a railway landing used to be located near the = [Annapolis] marsh. Years ago, a circus train stopped at the landing and = bedding used for the elephants was swept out of the railcar. That = bedding contained Phragmites that seeded the stands of reeds that = flourish today, hence the name elephant = grass."</span></div><div><br></div>Chronicle Herald, Monday, May 21, = 2012<div><br></div><div><li style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#0f20c5" style=3D"font: normal normal = normal 13px/normal Arial; color: rgb(15, 32, 197); "><a = href=3D"http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/98469-interest-grows-in-th= atched-roofs"><b>Interest grows in thatched roofs</b></a></font><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 13px/normal Arial; "> - 10 hours ago</font></li><li = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; "><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"4" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; = ">ANNAPOLIS ROYAL =97 Visitors to the Historic Gardens have the = opportunity to see a rare example of an authentic <b>thatched = roof</b>. Volunteers <b>...</b></font></li><li style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = border-collapse: collapse; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = color=3D"#38744c" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; = color: rgb(56, 116, 76); = ">TheChronicleHerald.ca</font></li></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-18-692607208--
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