"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong" - Winston Churchill
You are probably wondering why anyone would add cattails to their pond, but cattails are actually one of the more beneficial of all wild plants. The roots for example contain more starch than potatoes and more protein than rice. The tubers are supposedly very tasty when baked. Some people ever use the pollen from cattails in their baked goods. The flour in early spring is gluten free. Songbirds use the fluff from the flowers in their nest and many wild birds including ducks nest in cattails. My plan is to limit the areas that contain the cattails but I did want to add them to the site because they are so beneficial, not only as a food source, but for other purposes as well.
