Your palaver today really interests me. You're right, Roger, I couldn't and wouldn't forward your messages today to the Weed Supervisor or the University of Idaho researchers. They're not ready for it. You're absolutely right in just doing it.
I am hosting a Biological Control for Knapweed Workshop on our road this Friday where the U. of ID researchers are going to deploy a weevil that eats knapweed seeds. This is the latest thing in weed control here. We have lots of knapweed on our right-of-way. It's been a rainy spring and seeds have germinated. We sprayed the D-8 peppers for knapweed and tansy. It is affecting the knapweed and tansy population, but the powers that be will not see this and I'm not planning to tell them. They will only get a report on the things they understand. You are way ahead of us. We've only been sprayed with 2,4-D, etc. (Curtail and Escort) once in 1999, but the hormone is still in the ground. Seeds that germinate in the sprayed area are unnaturally larger than the same plants up our private right-of-way. It's a self-fulfilling prophesy that the species they have declared "noxious" will continue so they can continue to spray every three years. Changing the "soil" properties either by material or energetic means is the way and it's going to take time to figure it all out. Somehow, I hope the powers here have faith in me and will allow us to continue to experiment with non-chemical methods. I spoke at a Weed Awareness Day program about our volunteer research here which is just scratching the surface. The evaluation sheets they got asked for more "organic" information next year. Little by little. I don't think the governmental groups will be able to do it financially in their present paradigm. My feeling is that it's got to be grassroots people demanding "natural" approaches to agricultural problems and doing it themselves. I think the ideas are spreading on that level. I would very much like to learn your proprietary protocol...someday. Hopefully, Merla Roger Pye wrote: > To tell you the truth, James, I think we're way ahead of the ball game - > but perhaps they're searching feverishly through USDA regs to see if the > human and/or spiritual control of natural energy flows is allowable in > the modern agricultural context :) > > I'll be in Dalgety later this week by the way. > > Roger > > James Hedley wrote: > > > Hi Roger, > > Seems as if we have a good discussion going among the Wizards of the > > Land of Oz. Surely there must be some 0f our American subscribers who > > have experience in this subject that they can bring to bear on the > > subject of changing polarities in soils to affect changes. > > It certainly is a fascinating subject soil polarities and geopathic > > stress areas. > > James > > > > > > Garuda wrote: > > > > >How are you "changing the energy of the farm to cut down bredding > > rates"? Is > > >this being achieve without peppering???? > > > > > > > Yes. In terms of mammals I have an innate dislike of peppering for > > several reasons, not least of which is that it does nothing about the > > actual problem, just moves it on to someone else's shoulders. > > _______________________________________________ > BDNow mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can unsubscribe or change your options at: > http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow _______________________________________________ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow
