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RE: COMFREY: ANOTHER QUINTESSENTIAL PERMACULTURE ADDITION TO OUR FOOD FOREST
I started propagating comfrey one day because a friend was digging his comfrey plants up and turning them upside-down to thin them. I asked if that wasn't a huge waste, and he basically said they are an invasive species and there's no way to kill them. I took one root about 6" long and snapped it into 5 pieces and planted them in a pot. soon Ihad my first 5 comfrey plants. now I have a mad section of garden where they reign supreme. if I spaced them properly i'd probably have a 1/4 acre of comfrey.
I was flabbergasted to see you mention ART AND BRI! ART has been my best friend since I was 9 year old! I am trying to convince him to get on Steemit.
I like your idea of giving them and entire section. I did that with the Jerusalem artichokes on a slope that we find hard to mow. I'm in zone 6a. Comfrey is perennial here so I assume that it can be left in the ground over the winter? I hope so. I'd like to plant them rather than having to pot them up and take them inside. How do you take care of your comfrey for the winter?
I really enjoy their youtube channel. I've learned a lot from them. Art and Bri have the best dispositions. They are really great parents, too. I also watch a lot of the Justin Rhodes, Off grid with dough and Stacey, Dirtpatchheaven, and Honeydocarpenter.
That's sooo cool that you're best friends with Art. I really hope you succeed in getting him to come here. It shouldn't be that difficult for him to stream from his youtube channel into dlive. "simulstreaming. They've got about a hundred thousand followers on youtube I believe. The sustainable community here on steemit is an invaluable resource to learn and network with. It would be the bees knees to have them participating over here, too. I've thought about mentioning it to my favorite youtubers, but they don't know me and it would just come off spammy. Tell him he has a fan over here, and im sure Im not the only one.
Were you in a couple of his videos?
No, not yet. We live about 6 hours away now, so we don't get to visit often enough.
There is absolutely no way to kill comfrey that I know of. It requires no babying or cultivation at all.