https://survivaltek.com/?p=2310 Teaching the Ways and Means to Survive Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:53:52 -0400 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 https://survivaltek.com/?p=2310&cpage=1#comment-3124 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:43:34 +0000 https://survivaltek.com/?p=2310#comment-3124 i found by using as insulation one day that cattail down is a super insulator. I cannot believe it is not used commercially for this purpose.One cold day i thought i touched some poison ivy(aerial roots) while collecting cedar bark.I washed my hands in the creek and my hands were freezing so i took some cattail duff and shoved my hands in a big ol pile. Well my hands were warm in no time. It was about 20F outside.Awesome stuff.

]]> https://survivaltek.com/?p=2310&cpage=1#comment-483 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:37:23 +0000 https://survivaltek.com/?p=2310#comment-483 Cattails have hundreds of uses. Almost the whole plant is edible, or can be used for something. Even though it is past harvesting pollen when the tops get older they make great fire tinder.
Thanks for restoking the fires of my memories, I had almost forgot about the cattails.I havent seen any in a while.
TJ

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