Where conditions are suitable it can also spread at 5 m 16 ft or more per year by horizontal runners which put down roots at regular intervals.
Phragmites thatch roof.
Roofs made with reed thatch are long lasting insulative and very beautiful.
For deanne bednar owner of strawbale.
Thatching is the process of creating a roof surface using plant material.
Thatched roof is a technique of roof.
Deanne bednar of the strawbale studio in oxford mi shows how to harvest phragmites as reed for a thatched roof system.
Phragmites australis common reed commonly forms extensive stands known as reed beds which may be as much as 1 square kilometre 0 39 sq mi or more in extent.
Strawbale studio s roof is made of thatched phragmites.
To thatch a roof take phragmites.
The invasive reed known as phragmites has quickly spread through michigan marshes and wetland areas.
Phragmites reed grass a traditional thatching plant originally from europe is the material that we are using at natural cottage project workshops and at the strawbale studio.