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Teotwawki
06-10-2008, 10:45 AM
Learned about Comfrey at a living history museum a few years back... it was used by pioneers as a natural and quite soft toilet paper. Grows like a weed. We've got some growing where there used to be an old homesite.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Russian_comfrey_800.jpg/250px-Russian_comfrey_800.jpg

Also has other great uses (herbal med, fertilizer)...

Any other good natural toilet papers (besides corn cobs :eek: ) ?

LindyLu
06-10-2008, 10:53 AM
Goats like comfrey too. There's also lamb's ears as TP.

Beo
06-10-2008, 11:15 AM
A rabbit works well also.

Teotwawki
06-10-2008, 11:21 AM
A rabbit works well also.

"I bet you say that to all the wabbits." - Bugs Bunny

:D

Rick
06-10-2008, 11:25 AM
At the risk of dredging this post up again.....but, hey, it was funny!

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?t=902&highlight=toilet+paper

Beo
06-10-2008, 12:51 PM
Oh yes Rick, that was a funny azz post I remember well.

Rick
06-10-2008, 12:52 PM
Otay, you're welcome.

Beo
06-10-2008, 12:58 PM
And that's a wipe... I mean wrap.

sobeit
06-10-2008, 01:17 PM
A rabbit works well also.

Just ask the bear

Beo
06-10-2008, 01:21 PM
Never wiped my azz on a bear... hmmm... lol... not gonna try it either:D

Teotwawki
06-10-2008, 02:34 PM
Goats like comfrey too. There's also lamb's ears as TP.

I didn't even know that goats wiped!

Lambs ear? How do you get them to hold still long enough?

Beo
06-10-2008, 02:42 PM
You'd wipe with a lambs ear?! Nasty!

Teotwawki that was funny:D

bulrush
06-12-2008, 08:41 AM
Burdock leaves can get 18 inches long or longer.

Remember that old saying: "Leaves of three, no wipee."

Ginger leaves and bloodroot leaves are also palm-sized.

DO NOT USE cow parsnip, which have HUGE leaves. The sap makes your skin photosensitive. If you get sap on your skin, any exposure to light will cause painful blisters, and you don't want blisters where the sun normally doesn't shine.

Cow parsnip pics:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=%22cow+parsnip%22&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

LindyLu
06-12-2008, 09:31 AM
Ah, you need to pay very close attention, but goats are very tidy creatures. Were I not "computer challenged" I would post a picture. Oh...they are very private about their toilet. GOATS RULE!!!

RBB
06-12-2008, 09:37 AM
Locally, there is one plant that fits the bill. It is better than toilet paper. Known colloquially as "lumber jacks toilet paper," it is more properly known as "big leaf aster." With large single leaves growing near to the ground, it has an upper smooth side, and a slightly rougher underside with soft silky hairs which do very well at cleaning you out. It grows almost everywhere there is forest cover.

http://nrs.fs.fed.us/ef/marcell//plantphoto_pages/herbs/aster.htm