Wait for the Frost
Dear Aunt Daisy, I noticed in your column in The Listener that a reader was inquiring about bulrushes for stuffing cushions. In my younger days we often gathered it for that purpose, and the method was to wait fot a few frosts, when the bulrush fluff loosens from the stalk and can be easily stripped off. It is much like kapok, but heavier, and only needs a few days in the sun (in bags, of course) to make it useable, Hoping this will help your reader.
Motueka
Thank you both, M.J.R., and "Motueka" for your reliable and proven methods. It is good of you to write.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 99, 16 May 1941, Page 46
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110Wait for the Frost New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 99, 16 May 1941, Page 46
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