Moderators Gregory Matthews Posted June 26, 2016 Moderators Share Posted June 26, 2016 The new home that we moved into had been neglected for years. The front & back yards was just a mess. So, we are making them new. In a nod to our Biblical roots, we have purchased and are planting some Papyrus. We are planting a number of Passion Fruit. It is good to eat. NOTE: Generally we will not be planting edible fruit. rudywoofs (Pam) 1 Quote Gregory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted June 27, 2016 Members Share Posted June 27, 2016 doesn't papyrus need a watery location, such as a pond? (not sure, as I've never seen it being grown) Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gregory Matthews Posted June 27, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted June 27, 2016 Like most other plants, papyrus has an number of species. We are planting a species that can be grown in this area and does not need to be near a lake, river or pond. In any case we have purchased it from a large seller of plants that can be grown in this area. rudywoofs (Pam) 1 Quote Gregory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted June 27, 2016 Members Share Posted June 27, 2016 cool!... or, maybe I should write, "hot!" Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gregory Matthews Posted June 27, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted June 27, 2016 My wife is now thinking of putting them is a water feature. So . . . rudywoofs (Pam) 1 Quote Gregory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gregory Matthews Posted June 28, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted June 28, 2016 The attached photo is of the Papyrus plant that we will be planting. It is not planted yet. It may be planted elsewhere. The finished product will not show the black pipe that is present in the photo. Sorry about the orientation of the photo. Quote Gregory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gregory Matthews Posted June 28, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted June 28, 2016 It may be of interest to mention the role that the papyrus plant played ancient literature. The cross-section of the papyrus plant has the general shape of a triangle.. Some of the earliest examples of written documents were written in what is called Cuneiform Script. This script developed as early as about 4,000 BCE. This is a wedge shaped writing in which the writer impressed the end of the stylus on the material on which the message was being written. The papyrus plant with it cross-section of a triangle was commonly used as the stylus. This is of value, in part, due to the fact that we have a large number of documents written in the cuneiform script. Some estimates go as high a 1,000,000 although other estimates are lower Based upon the high estimates, possibly only 10% have been translated. So, the lowly plant that you see in the above photo played an important part in the lives of some very early people and in our knowledge of ancient history. . rudywoofs (Pam) and Liz 2 Quote Gregory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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