Tim Reisdorf

Tom, your suggestion of wild rice is a good one. However, I think that the soil needs to have standing water all the time. I don't know that it would survive until harvest when the water is gone. I've always associated cranberries with swampy land - is this viable?

John, I'd love one of your bald cypress trees. I'm willing to try it if you'll send me seed.

Thank you both,
Tim

We have about half an acre that is flooded from April through July. Does anybody have suggestions for helpful plants (food/forage/etc) that might do well in such a location? I'm in zone 3/4 near the border of MN/WI.

A bit more information - the land is located between 2 lakes and is a 'rift' between them. The Spring runoff flooding brings much soil from the surrounding dry land and there are many gullies in the area. There is little to no current in the water from one lake to the other. I've seen no fish, but there are plenty of turtles and frogs. Duckweed likes to grow there now. We had significant precip of Winter snow and Spring rain and the depth of the water was about 5 ft at its deepest spot. It has been slowly receding since snowmelt. I suspect it will just be muddy at the end of July as happened last year.

Thank you for any suggestions you may have.

Tim

Thank you, Paul, for your generosity and ferocious sharing of knowledge and resources. You have been a great help in me and my family moving toward self-sufficiency and surplus. And, of course, the surplus is also to be shared along the way.

If your wealth is enhanced by what you do, then you surely deserve it, be it money, fame, a good name or all the above.

-Tim