Happy Spring from Troy . . .
Earth Day 2002
Spring / Vernal Equinox
Nature's Day all over the world.
Wednesday, March 20, 2002
14:16 Eastern Standard Time (New York)
19:16 Universal Greenwich Mean Time
Check your local time.
One global common moment celebrating life with dedication of
I guess it's too late to sell you on a strawbale shed. They really minimize
temp fluctuations. I think its one of the best, cheapest routes to go with
many applications.
Not too late. How would you 'finish' the straw? I've heard that there
are some good commercial 'stuccos' out there now, but
Allan -- my 2 cents..
Build any type construction shed that you wish -- floor can be built /
constructed in many ways.
1) If the shed will house the tractor -- no need for wood there --
obviously, the wood would be demolished in short order. Best to have
concrete or gravel if there is an
Wayne -
Thanks for taking the time to write the good note.
We never use pressure treated wood in any fashion near food that
humans will eat or, in fact, anywhere on this conservation property.
Were you, perhaps, talking about the 'new, improved' pressure treated
wood? If so, I'd like to hear
Dears -
You know, this list is quite the community. Reading the postings re your
shed, Allan, made me on the one hand wish that we all were in fact a
physical community - what a grand event your shed would be! And then I
realized that we are in fact a community - of energy and support and
If there are some here who would be interested in seeing tests on the
microbial and fungal counts as discussed last week I am willing to
coordinate that effort.
Contribute what you can. $5 or 10, or $2 it doesn't matter. I will
collect the funds, get them to the lab, and arrange for the
If you're pouring a concrete floor, simple advice is to make sure which way
the gradient runs. It seems obvious, but whoever laid the floor of my
garage/workshop helpfully had it sloping to the back and sides so that, when
I garage my car on rainy days, all the runoff drains into the area where
Troy (via Allen?) - thanks for your inspiring note about Earth Day but, just
to nitpick, not 'England' please but Britain ! We in Wales, together with
our compatriots in Scotland and Ireland, share (indeed, were the originators
of) the culture of the largely newcomer invaders who inhabit
From: Joe McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: Organic Acres
To: Friends
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 21:48:47 -0500
Subject: (Fwd) (Fwd) Fw: Fw: A Scary Story
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Priority: normal
The following story probably has been circulated before and probably
is a true story but
Hi
I am interested in the books could you send me more information.
Paul.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 8:51 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:Re: Books
I just wanted you all to know that I have brought out two books,
Dear Gil,
I guess you already got the 'LILIPOH' mystery cleared up...Pursuit of
Happiness being the most important in anthro circles, wouldn't you say?
Here are some websites and email addresses for looking up the publisher and
distributors of Practical Home Care Medicine and Iscador,
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 08:31:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re:How to Grow Corn as a Soil Improvement Crop--
To: Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Allan,
Please fwd;
Dear Hugh,
First of all, nice web site guy.
I have a question. I'll try to phrase it correctly.
My understanding is both Bonnie and Allan have volunteered to spearhead this. But who is?
IMO the logical first candidate is Barrel Compound from JPI. This could be followed by BD 500 if the BC tests prove interesting. Don't think that most of other preps merit testing since they aren't organism
I know there was some discussion of size of spray nozzle and pressure
when we had Elaine Ingham on here.
Will the regular spray nozzle that came with my 2 gallon garden sprayer
be okay for getting the little critters out without hurting them? I
mean, I know they're microscopic, but I'd like
Dear Organic Friends,
The Research and Development Group of the Bio Dynamic
Farming and Gardening Assn. has just finished a research
report. The report reviews the research and research
methodologies on organic soil management, particularly
relating
The CSA season has started for me. Bonnie has volunteered to collect
funds and do the 'leg work' to get the JPI BC to the Ingham people.
BD500 is sacramental to me, so I have no motivation for analyzing it.
Considering how effective BD501 is, I hardly have to think 'foodweb'
to have an
Hi
I am interested in the books could you send me more information.
Paul.
From the back covers:
Practical Home Care Medicine
The remedies in this book are mainly ones Christine Murphy grew up with, and
which have a large following both here and abroad. Some are traditional herb
My understanding is both Bonnie and Allan have volunteered to spearhead this. But who is?
I had made an offer to Allan to lend a hand here and there with list business, as my abilities warrantG> He asked me if I would coordinate this project leading to the email I sent earlier.
IMO the logical
Bonnie, did you see Allan's email. He wants to test Pfeiffer Field Spray as #2,
rather than BD 500. We need to agree. Merla
Bonnie York wrote:
My understanding is both Bonnie and Allan have volunteered to spearhead this.
But who is?
I had made an offer to Allan to lend a hand here
On Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at 01:53 PM, Merla wrote:
Bonnie, did you see Allan's email. He wants to test Pfeiffer Field
Spray as #2, rather than BD 500. We need to agree.
That's fine. I sent mine before his got to me.
I have no knowledge of Pfeiffer sprays and such. That's why I asked
On Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at 03:06 PM, Allan Balliett wrote:
We can set up a PayPal account
I've known folks who've done Paypal but have never set one up . Is there
a cost to set it up?
Bonnie
Dear Hugh and fellow list members,
I agree wholeheartedly with your
sentimentsthat there must be something else than the csg strength of the
soil.I dont know what it isbut there are some patches of our high gauss
reading soils that are the most incredibly difficult to grow crops
on.
I have
Another repeat
Dear Hugh,
You wrote:
I think the secret is getting the moisture to tie up inside the cell
membranes of living organisms in the soil. Then it doesn't evaporate or
sink, just is there.
A fascinating concept which I've never heard of before. Is this your
(valid) theory
Does anyone have time, energy and expertise to write a SARE producer grant
( due March 29th )? (http://www.sare.org/ncrsare/02producercfp.PDF) Steve
Diver may be able to give advice... I'd think Elaine would help too... Sure
sounds like there is a lot of producer interest in this research. SARE
I'll be meeting in early May with Elaine Ingham, Scott Crandall, Paul
Feiber, etc. out in Oregon on a vineyard research project. It might help
this project if we have one of Elaine's biological assay of each of the BD
remedies from the horn manure all the way up to fresh brewed and also
fermented
I know there was some discussion of size of spray nozzle and
pressure when we had Elaine Ingham on here.
Will the regular spray nozzle that came with my 2 gallon garden
sprayer be okay for getting the little critters out without hurting
them? I mean, I know they're microscopic, but I'd like
- Original Message -
Allan Balliett
Subject: Re:Testing preps?
Gday Allan
2 bobs worth from down under . I've followed this thread for a
while as I am pretty impressed with Elaine's work ( and the lady herself )
Seems you guys need to decide WHY it is that you
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