A growing number of homeowners are insulating their walls in order to lower energy costs. They opt for the cheap variety, polystyrene. Yet there are environmentally-friendly alternatives: Cattails, ...

Despite the numerous advantages of Typha, so far this natural building material has yet to be installed on a wide scale, or industrially exploited. "Cattails are highly prolific, especially in East ...

You see them almost everywhere there is wild water. Cattails — those long, spikey stalks and corn-ear-shaped heads. They are a forager’s delight! My oldest daughter would say, “Eeeew, Mother! I am not ...