Dear Lloyd, It seems to me that Messrs York amd Brinton must be farming in some very good country to claim that any system must be able to produce reliable results year in , and year out. they obviously dont farm in an area which has any climatic limitations like we are at the moment.Last Sunday when we came home from the peace march temperature at 6pm was 44 degrees Celcius (110oF). It had been somewhere about that for the previous week, with gale force winds. Then the gale force winds became freezing cold, down to 5 degree Celcius (40o F). Quite a change. How can anyone claim that a productionv system has to be able to produce reliable crops when Australian farmers continually face this challenge of extremely variable rainfall and temperatures. Even if you are an irrigation farmer there is hardly any water allocated because it is not in the dams. As you know our area is generally acknowledged as a pretty safe rainfall area, average 800 mm anually. In the last 15 months rainfall has not reached 150 mm. I know that your farm has not fared much better. Under these conditions any improvement from the use of radionics is easily observed. The fruit trees are in the best condition that I have ever seen them. Particularly with no water since last winter. The grass in between the trees is non existent, just dust. The earth is cracking but the trees are in fantastic health. As good an advertisement for a combination of BD and Radionics as you would ever wish to see. Most of the stock on the mountain have been depastured to other areas or are on the road, scrabbling whatever survival feed they can find. On Sattwa Park even although to look at it you would wonder what the stock are eating they are still in very good condition. The major problem that we have at the moment is drinking water for stock and household water. I am sure that when it eventually rains we will see the recovery results from the use of Radionics and BD. Go well James Hedley.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 12:28 AM Subject: Re: COMPOST TEA was Re: Perry's recnt posts > > > I'll just put this out here for comment: Alan York and Will Brinton > > both state that they have never seen or heard of claims of crops > > reliably produced (this means year after year, something that > > excludes many variables: repeatability) through the use of radionics, > > except by people who are involved in selling radionics on some level. > > First person ndorsements to the contrary are encouraged > > Hi Allan > > Hmmm "crops reliably produced -year after year" I certainly would'nt > make that claim for radionics(on its own), nor would I support it for > biodynamics(on its own), it certainly does not happen in conventional > agriculture, no one way is reliable when taken in isolation, and isolation > is the special talent of scientists - when we eliminate the variables to > allow a 'valid trial' we also eliminate many of the mechanisms that allow > nature to function properly. > When I go look at the people that are making alternative > agriculture work well in most cases they are using a broad range of tactics, > and if not they are happily sequestered on a patch of specially good and > fertile soil that forgives the mistakes. Away from those places you mostly > find that a balanced combination of good basic soil remineralisation, > stimulation of microbial activity, and energetics is whats needed for best > results, BD or radionics (energetics) without the minerals is a struggle, > likewise a mineralised soil low in energy, microbial stimulation (compost > tea etc) without attending to basic minerals will crash and burn one day > too. Of course we can always take the other road and adjust yield > expectations downward to come in line with the low fertility - many wine > grape growers do this with seeming good results - planting on a dry barren > hillside and thinning the crop, ' stressing the vines' so that the low > supply of soil minerals is sufficient to give high quality fruit and make > top grade wine - the logic of this escapes me but it seems to work - I think > differently - why not grow on a more hospitable patch - aim for better yield > and supply the minerals that are lacking ?? > My thoughts anyway > Lloyd Charles > >
