Re: WENDELL BERRY: The Failure of War

2002-12-13 Thread Peter Michael Bacchus
What appear not to be concidered here is the point of view of those who make the machines of war and that which fuels and arms them. One must also concider what happens politically and economically after the war. I was born at the start of the second world war and my Mother at the start of the firs

OFF:FW: Sing a little song today!

2002-12-13 Thread Moen Creek
Title: OFF:FW: Sing a little song today! Subject: Fwd: Fw: Sing a little song today! > > >  Sing this song to the tune of: "If You're Happy And You Know It Clap Your >Hands" > >  If we cannot find Osama, bomb Iraq. >  If the markets hurt your Mama, bomb Iraq. >  If the terrorists are Saudi >

Re: Perfect Orchard

2002-12-13 Thread Moen Creek
Title: Re: Perfect Orchard Gil  you wrote: Clay has the ability to cling together and form tough blocks. Great for making adobe or pise houses. Increased soil carbon and increased soil biota will help, but in the short term use one to four tonnes of gypsum to the hectare, will break the clay a

Re: Perfect Orchard

2002-12-13 Thread RiverValley
Hi Gil, I'm wondering why you recomend gypum instead of lime for adding calcium. Do you just put the gypsum on top of the soil or do you incorporate it? Thanks, Daniel - Original Message - From: "Gil Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002

Re: Perfect Orchard

2002-12-13 Thread Gil Robertson
Hi! Per Garp/NH, Has it occurred that you may not have a suitable site for what you want to do? By this I mean would it be better to obtain a more suited site? If you are stuck with the site:- Hard pan usually means several things are involved. Clay, not enough soil carbon, reduced soil biota ac

Re: Other than Jeavons?

2002-12-13 Thread PAT MCGAULEY
Title: Re: WENDELL BERRY: The Agrarian Standard Good grief, Tony:    I was just toddling along musing through your post late last night when the link to www.oregon.org caught my eye as offering an introductory class to biodynamics.  That was yesterday.  I did it!  I read the whole thing.  No