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--Apple-Mail-B8E5E9C7-299E-49F1-AB68-E82564EE5B8C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for bringing this to our attention. And I am very pleased to hear abo= ut the class experiment you do and the inclusion of milkweed in this year=E2= =80=99s testing. Let us know how it goes.=20 Nancy Sent from my iPad > On Dec 14, 2017, at 11:24 AM, jen cooper <iffercooper@hotmail.com> wrote: >=20 > Hello all,=20 >=20 > Great article! >=20 > Milkweed tufts are also unique in their capacity to absorb oil. This busin= ess in Quebec grows them for oil spill response http://www.cbc.ca/news/polit= ics/milkweed-touted-as-oil-spill-super-sucker-with-butterfly-benefits-1.2856= 029.=20 >=20 > We do an oil spill experiment with elementary children where we test diffe= rent things for cleaning up spills (cotton balls, paper towel, etc.). I'll b= e able to include milkweed with the tufts I've collected from my garden next= class presentation.=20 >=20 > I grow/use swamp milkweed Ascepias_incarnata as it's prolific in Cape Bret= on. I do have Common milkweed seeds but have never grown them as I haven't f= ound it naturally occurring here and it's poisonous to livestock. Don't want= to be the one to introduce it to my neighbourhood.=20 >=20 > Best,=20 > Jen=20 >=20 > Milkweed touted as oil-spill super-sucker =E2=80=94 with butterfly ... > www.cbc.ca > Low-cost fibre sought by Parks Canada and habitat-stressed monarchs. By Ma= rgo McDiarmid, environment reporter, CBC News Posted: Dec 01, 2014 4:00 PM E= T Last Updated ... >=20 >=20 >=20 > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on beh= alf of Ron Wilson <solidago123@gmail.com> > Sent: December 4, 2017 9:46 PM > To: Nature NS > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Milkweed Tidbits > =20 > Very interesting articles Ian. >=20 > I forwarded the links to a FB site that I subscribe to called MILK the WEE= D, a U.S. site dedicated to Monarch Butterfly and milkweed landscape enhanc= ement as well as native plant and prairie gardening . >=20 > Regards,=20 >=20 > Ron Wilson > formerly Somerset NS now St Andrews NB =20 >=20 > On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Ian Manning <ianmanning4@gmail.com> wrote:= > A couple interesting notes on milkweed from Mary Holland, and a 2012 Artic= le from Washington Post with some supporting info.=20 > Ian >=20 >=20 >=20 > A Win-Win for Milkweed & Monarchs > Naturally Curious - 4.12.2017=20 > Mary Holland=20 > https://naturallycuriouswithmaryholland.wordpress.com/2017/12/04/a-win-win= -for-milkweed-monarchs/ >=20 > "Milkweed, a perennial plant that can adapt to adverse soil conditions, ha= s recently been recognized as a viable source of fiber for fill for jackets a= nd comforters. Winter coats insulated with a compressed layer of milkweed f= luff are have been shown to be as effective at retaining body heat as those f= illed with down or polyester, and a Canadian company is now manufacturing an= d selling them. >=20 > Although historically considered a =E2=80=9Cweed,=E2=80=9D milkweed came i= nto its own during World War II, when overseas supplies of the insulating fi= ber from the kapok tree were cut off and milkweed fluff was harvested for us= e in life jackets. The U.S. government launched a program that enlisted the h= elp of children: if they could fill up a large onion bag of milkweed fluff, t= hey would receive fifteen cents. This incentive proved very popular, and the= U.S. was able to stuff over 1.2 million life vests with milkweed fluff. How= ever, after the war, the rising use of synthetics lessened interest in all n= atural fibers, and milkweed went back to being considered a less than desira= ble weed. >=20 > Recently milkweed populations have been declining, in part due to herbicid= es and loss of habitat. However, with the growing interest in this plant as a= source of commercial fiber it is now being planted as an agricultural crop,= with some Vermont and Canadian farmers devoting acres of farmland to its gr= owth. This, of course, is a boon to monarchs, as milkweed leaves are the sol= e source of food for monarch larvae. Not only is milkweed being cultivated, b= ut the farmers growing it are making an effort not to harvest the plants unt= il monarchs have migrated in the fall. A win-win situation for all concerned= ." >=20 >=20 > Milkweed fruits: Pods of plenty > Washington Post > 25.09.2012 > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/urban-jungle/pages/1209= 25.html >=20 >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-B8E5E9C7-299E-49F1-AB68-E82564EE5B8C Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Thanks for bringing this to our attention. A= nd I am very pleased to hear about the class experiment you do and the inclu= sion of milkweed in this year=E2=80=99s testing. Let us know how it goes.&nb= sp;<div><br></div><div>Nancy<br><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Sent from= my iPad</div><div><br>On Dec 14, 2017, at 11:24 AM, jen cooper <<a href=3D= "mailto:iffercooper@hotmail.com">iffercooper@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><= br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-12= 52"> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font-= family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir=3D"ltr"> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Hello all, </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Great article!</p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Milkweed tufts are also unique in t= heir capacity to absorb oil. This business in Quebec grows them for oil spil= l response <a href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/milkweed-touted-a= s-oil-spill-super-sucker-with-butterfly-benefits-1.2856029" class=3D"OWAAuto= Link" id=3D"LPlnk291902" previewremoved=3D"true">http://www.cbc.ca/news/poli= tics/milkweed-touted-as-oil-spill-super-sucker-with-butterfly-benefits-1.285= 6029</a>. </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">We do an oil spill experiment with= elementary children where we test different things for cleaning up spills (= cotton balls, paper towel, etc.). I'll be able to include milkweed with= the tufts I've collected from my garden next class presentation. </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I grow/use swamp milkweed Ascepias= _incarnata as it's prolific in Cape Breton. I do have Common milkweed seeds b= ut have never grown them as I haven't found it naturally occurring here and i= t's poisonous to livestock. Don't want to be the one to introduce it to my neighbourhood. </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Best, </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Jen </p> <div id=3D"LPBorder_GT_15132647190820.4110958994993208" style=3D"margin-bott= om: 20px; overflow: auto; width: 100%; text-indent: 0px;"> <table id=3D"LPContainer_15132647190610.8304923264165931" role=3D"presentati= on" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"width: 90%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 2= 55); position: relative; overflow: auto; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 2= 0px; margin-top: 20px; border-top: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200); border-bot= tom: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200);"> <tbody> <tr valign=3D"top" style=3D"border-spacing: 0px;"> <td id=3D"ImageCell_15132647190670.10877055823840998" colspan=3D"1" style=3D= "width: 250px; position: relative; display: table-cell; padding-right: 20px;= "> <div id=3D"LPImageContainer_15132647190670.8180565305338281" style=3D"backgr= ound-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); height: 140px; position: relative; margin: a= uto; display: table; width: 250px;"> <a id=3D"LPImageAnchor_15132647190700.09231083068165646" href=3D"http://www.= cbc.ca/news/politics/milkweed-touted-as-oil-spill-super-sucker-with-butterfl= y-benefits-1.2856029" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"display: table-cell; text-a= lign: center;"><img id=3D"LPThumbnailImageID_15132647190710.3512783294445205= 3" width=3D"250" height=3D"140" style=3D"display: inline-block; max-width: 2= 50px; max-height: 250px; height: 140px; width: 250px; border-width: 0px; ver= tical-align: bottom;" src=3D"https://i.cbc.ca/1.2856413.1417461701!/cpImage/= httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_1180/milkweed.jpg"></a></div> </td> <td id=3D"TextCell_15132647190730.4580569526038727" colspan=3D"2" style=3D"v= ertical-align: top; position: relative; padding: 0px; display: table-cell;">= <div id=3D"LPRemovePreviewContainer_15132647190730.8345623254337957"></div> <div id=3D"LPTitle_15132647190730.08904936583987477" style=3D"top: 0px; colo= r: rgb(220, 79, 173); font-weight: 400; font-size: 21px; font-family: wf_seg= oe-ui_light, "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", "S= egoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; line-height:= 21px;"> <a id=3D"LPUrlAnchor_15132647190760.6733136547248377" href=3D"http://www.cbc= .ca/news/politics/milkweed-touted-as-oil-spill-super-sucker-with-butterfly-b= enefits-1.2856029" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"text-decoration: none;">Milkwe= ed touted as oil-spill super-sucker =E2=80=94 with butterfly ...</a></div> <div id=3D"LPMetadata_15132647190770.578489181727645" style=3D"margin: 10px 0= px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: wf_segoe-= ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-s= erif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> www.cbc.ca</div> <div id=3D"LPDescription_15132647190800.7812042394667558" style=3D"display: b= lock; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_= normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-seri= f; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden;"= > Low-cost fibre sought by Parks Canada and habitat-stressed monarchs. By Marg= o McDiarmid, environment reporter, CBC News Posted: Dec 01, 2014 4:00 PM ET L= ast Updated ...</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <br> <br> <br> <div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <hr style=3D"display:inline-block;width:98%" tabindex=3D"-1"> <div id=3D"divRplyFwdMsg" dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Calibri, sans-serif" sty= le=3D"font-size:11pt" color=3D"#000000"><b>From:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:natur= ens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> <<a href=3D"m= ailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a>> o= n behalf of Ron Wilson <<a href=3D"mailto:solidago123@gmail.com">solidago= 123@gmail.com</a>><br> <b>Sent:</b> December 4, 2017 9:46 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Nature NS<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] Milkweed Tidbits</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div dir=3D"ltr">Very interesting articles Ian. <div><br> </div> <div>I forwarded the links to a FB site that I subscribe to called MILK the W= EED, a U.S. site dedicated to Monarch Butterfly and milkweed landscape= enhancement as well as native plant and prairie gardening .</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Regards, </div> <div><br> </div> <div>Ron Wilson</div> <div>formerly Somerset NS now St Andrews NB </div> </div> <div class=3D"x_gmail_extra"><br> <div class=3D"x_gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Ian Manning <sp= an dir=3D"ltr"> <<a href=3D"mailto:ianmanning4@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">ianmanning4@g= mail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:= 1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div class=3D"x_m_-5101375459581725782gmail_signature"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div>A couple interesting notes on milkweed from Mary Holland, and a 2012 Ar= ticle from Washington Post with some supporting info. </div> <div>Ian</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><b><a href=3D"https://naturallycuriouswithmaryholland.wordpress.com/201= 7/12/04/a-win-win-for-milkweed-monarchs/" target=3D"_blank">A Win-Win for Mi= lkweed & Monarchs</a></b><br> </div> <div>Naturally Curious - 4.12.2017 </div> <div>Mary Holland </div> <div><a href=3D"https://naturallycuriouswithmaryholland.wordpress.com/2017/1= 2/04/a-win-win-for-milkweed-monarchs/" target=3D"_blank">https://<wbr>natura= llycuriouswithmaryhollan<wbr>d.wordpress.com/2017/12/04/a-<wbr>win-win-for-m= ilkweed-monarchs/</a></div> <div><br> </div> <div>"Milkweed, a perennial plant that can adapt to adverse soil conditions,= has recently been recognized as a viable source of fiber for fill for jacke= ts and comforters. Winter coats insulated with a compressed layer of m= ilkweed fluff are have been shown to be as effective at retaining body heat as those filled with down or poly= ester, and a Canadian company is now manufacturing and selling them.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Although historically considered a =E2=80=9Cweed,=E2=80=9D milkweed cam= e into its own during World War II, when overseas supplies of the insulating= fiber from the kapok tree were cut off and milkweed fluff was harvested for= use in life jackets. The U.S. government launched a program that enlisted the help of children: if they could fill up a large= onion bag of milkweed fluff, they would receive fifteen cents. This incenti= ve proved very popular, and the U.S. was able to stuff over 1.2 million life= vests with milkweed fluff. However, after the war, the rising use of synthetics lessened interest in all natura= l fibers, and milkweed went back to being considered a less than desirable w= eed.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Recently milkweed populations have been declining, in part due to herbi= cides and loss of habitat. However, with the growing interest in this plant a= s a source of commercial fiber it is now being planted as an agricultural cr= op, with some Vermont and Canadian farmers devoting acres of farmland to its growth. This, of course, is a boo= n to monarchs, as milkweed leaves are the sole source of food for monarch la= rvae. Not only is milkweed being cultivated, but the farmers growing it are m= aking an effort not to harvest the plants until monarchs have migrated in the fall. A win-win situation fo= r all concerned."</div> <div><br> </div> <div><a href=3D"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/urban-jun= gle/pages/120925.html" target=3D"_blank"><br> </a></div> <div> <div><b><a href=3D"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/urban-= jungle/pages/120925.html" target=3D"_blank">Milkweed fruits: Pods of plenty<= /a></b></div> </div> <div>Washington Post</div> <div>25.09.2012</div> <div><a href=3D"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/urban-jun= gle/pages/120925.html" target=3D"_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/<wbr>= wp-srv/special/metro/urban-<wbr>jungle/pages/120925.html</a><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></blockquote></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-B8E5E9C7-299E-49F1-AB68-E82564EE5B8C--
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