Re: Farm Vol Conversions
That would be BD by the book with 1/3 soil, eh, Steve? Compost made from organic matter without the big soil addition would fall more into the 800-1200 pound range per cubic yard, I think. People in the 1200-1400 pound per cubic yard have been heard to complain, and look for ways to bring down the density. See: http://mailman.cloudnet.com/pipermail/compost/2001-January/002407.html 3/4 of a ton is 1500 pounds, but 3/4 of a tonne (metric tonne, 2200 pounds) is a hefty 1650 pounds. Anyway, Allan, weigh a bucket of it and multiply by 40.;-) Frank Teuton - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 9:47 PM Subject: Re: Farm Vol Conversions In a message dated 7/26/02 7:55:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Frank - Remind me: what does a cubic yard of compost usually weigh? -Allan depending on inputs about 2/3-3/4-1 tonne...sstorch
Re: Farm Vol Conversions
- Original Message - From: John Ehrlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 8:10 AM Subject: Re: Farm Vol Conversions Fill your wheelbarrow which contains 4-6 cu.ft or approx 1 cu yard ? Think about this a bit ! you are gonna put a ton of rock dust or three quarters of a ton of grain in a WHEEL BARROW!!! 1 cubic yard =27 cubic feet
Black frost
Hello to all Just back from the Nth coast of NSW where frosts have "burnt"almost all of the crops.So bad that the term black frost was used. I roamed all over and found practically every cultivated crop,be it banana,peas,beans not to mention pasture totally browned of,damaged from cell rupturing. All except three acres of garlic I came across. Can garlic withstand constant frosts? Allan E
Re: FW: [globalnews] Stop the Corporate Takeover of our Water
It seems the only way around the future is through it...on our terms. Possible alternatives would be groups of likeminded folks forming communities around their farms and siezing control of their destiny, water, and environmental policy...seems like this needs to become a more serious discussion...SStorch
Re: Farm Vol Conversions
Hi Lloyd, I think you meant 202 gallons, not 220. That'd be 40.5 buckets, or about 40 Frank---still standing at 40 buckets, although (white buckets) still need to be measured to know 'zactly how much stuff they hold - Original Message - From: Lloyd Charles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 5:15 AM Subject: Re: Farm Vol Conversions - Original Message - From: Allan Balliett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 12:36 AM Subject: Farm Vol Conversions Asking this on the fly, hoping someone has already done the math: how many 5-gallon (WHITE) buckets of compost are there in a yard of compost? Thanks -Allan 220USgal /cu yard - 44bucketfuls have fun! LCharles
Re: Farm Vol Conversions
- Original Message - From: Frank Teuton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 9:00 PM Subject: Re: Farm Vol Conversions Hi Lloyd, I think you meant 202 gallons, not 220. That'd be 40.5 buckets, or about 40 Frank---still standing at 40 buckets, although (white buckets) still need to be measured to know 'zactly how much stuff they hold Hi Frank , You got it right the first try - I goofed - I used 6 and 3/4 gallons to a cubic foot - should be 6 and 1/4 gallons (imperial) - comes out at 199.98 us gallon - still no way this is gonna fit in any wheel barrow that I ever saw LCharles
Fwd: farmers' market and farmer stories wanted
Subject: farmers' market and farmer stories wanted Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 11:34:59 -0400 X-Priority: 1 Friends of farmers' markets, Apologies for the short notice, but if you can reply to this early the week of the 29th, and not later than Friday the 2nd, I'll be grateful. I need your help in identifying the best and most interesting farmers' markets and food producers in the country. I'm shooting a pilot episode for a TV series called Farmers' Daughter, which we're hoping to sell to a US network. It will be similar to the 13-part British series I hosted, Farmers' Market. In each episode of that series, I go to a farmers' market, meet producers, visit a particuluar farm, learn about how the food is raised, and then cook something at the market. The British series explores food, farming, environmental, and cooking issues, from why buy local to why beef should be grass fed. The US series will be similar, though we may cook at farms, rather than at the market. For the first episode, we've chosen two farmers, one beef and one vegetable, who sell at a farmers' market in Northern VA, the oldest market in the region. We'll need ideas for another dozen episodes, with one market and two producers per episode. We won't do another Virginia farm, and we probably won't repeat beef, though there are many variations on vegetables we might do, so if you know an interesting salad greens grower, or chilli pepper master, let me know. I'm looking for about two dozen outstanding producers at a dozen farmers' markets with interesting stories for the rest of the series. We will need to achieve the following: a) regional spread, including variations on markets (big city, small town, etc) b) a range of produce (fish, lamb, poultry, game, mushrooms, wine, juice, sprouts, cheese, butter, milk, ice cream, grains, hot peppers) c) the producer must be bona fide, use his own ingredigents in processed foods (eg milk for ice cream), and sell at a producer-only farmers' market If the producer story is exceptional, the producer might be direct marketing some other way, like an outstanding CSA, or, say, a fisherman with her own boat who sells sustainably caught fish and is a great cook. Be generous with your recommendations, as long as they fit the theme of regional, sustainable farm produce, sold in the alternative, not large-scale commercial, venues. If this request could be posted in an appropriate place (like farmers' market organizers' offices or bulletins, the public markets forum, or the national network of farmers' markets), I would be grateful. Please forward this to anyone you know who runs an outstanding farmers' market or knows outstanding growers. For a posting, you can simply use this note, tweaked. Or I could write a 'Call for outstanding farmers' markets and outstanding producer stories' bulletin, with my contact details attached. I hope you can help. Thanks very much, Best wishes, Nina NINA PLANCK 1644 Monroe St, NW Washington, DC 20010-1804 202 232 6042 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wheelbarrows and Carts (wasRe: Farm Vol Conversions)
Now that I am working on an acres scale again, and moving materials about, the issue of how much of what you can get in what size cart thing is ever present. I recently bought a wheeled swivel jack for my trailer (4x6 by 16 high, 32 cubic feet filled flush, more if you mound it) to make it a three wheeled affair that can be hand pushed in the orchard. It can also be pulled by the little lawn tractor we use for spraying, hauling, mowing, etc. Now, we also have a little trailer for the tractor that is about half the size of the big one at 15 cubic feet, still twice the size of even a big wheelbarrow. This too could be tricked out with a third swiveling wheel in front, a pair of cart handles a la David Tresemer (see his Handcart Handbook) and shazam! a big human powered cart! I will say when these things are filled with several hundred pounds or more of stuff it is pleasant to put Ahriman to work to haul them. Even a little lawn tractor can be set to creep forward while you spread compost, rock dust, wood chips, etc, out of the back of the trailersand reins can be made to steer, etc. We disable the rider on safety feature by putting a couple of big rocks in the seat. In the days of the horse, wagon wheel carts holding more than a cubic yard were commonplace, and using Tresemer's plans there is no reason why a two wheeled cart could not be made to haul 800 to 1000 pounds, on level firm ground with good wheels I can pull or push that http://villageearth.org/atnetwork/atsourcebook/chapters/agtools.htm#The%20Ha ndcart%20Handbook Frank Teuton---has carted about a few cubic yards of compost and stuff - comes out at 199.98 us gallon - still no way this is gonna fit in any wheel barrow that I ever saw LCharles
Kelly Gerard Dube, Manitoba: Re: Fwd: farmers' market and farmer stories wanted
I nominate Kelly Gerard Dube, LaBroquerie, Manitoba (organic farmers SE of Winnipeg). Once ran a Community Shared Farming plan. Very interesting people. For the film producers, they trained or helped evaluate the applicants for a Manitoba-made pioneer-type TV series similiar to the series currently running on US PBS-TV. They farm with heavy horses, have heritage swine, etc. Vere Scott bdnow wrote: Subject: farmers' market and farmer stories wanted Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 11:34:59 -0400 X-Priority: 1 Friends of farmers' markets, Apologies for the short notice, but if you can reply to this early the week of the 29th, and not later than Friday the 2nd, I'll be grateful. I need your help in identifying the best and most interesting farmers' markets and food producers in the country. I'm shooting a pilot episode for a TV series called Farmers' Daughter, which we're hoping to sell to a US network. It will be similar to the 13-part British series I hosted, Farmers' Market. In each episode of that series, I go to a farmers' market, meet producers, visit a particuluar farm, learn about how the food is raised, and then cook something at the market. The British series explores food, farming, environmental, and cooking issues, from why buy local to why beef should be grass fed. The US series will be similar, though we may cook at farms, rather than at the market. For the first episode, we've chosen two farmers, one beef and one vegetable, who sell at a farmers' market in Northern VA, the oldest market in the region. We'll need ideas for another dozen episodes, with one market and two producers per episode. We won't do another Virginia farm, and we probably won't repeat beef, though there are many variations on vegetables we might do, so if you know an interesting salad greens grower, or chilli pepper master, let me know. I'm looking for about two dozen outstanding producers at a dozen farmers' markets with interesting stories for the rest of the series. We will need to achieve the following: a) regional spread, including variations on markets (big city, small town, etc) b) a range of produce (fish, lamb, poultry, game, mushrooms, wine, juice, sprouts, cheese, butter, milk, ice cream, grains, hot peppers) c) the producer must be bona fide, use his own ingredigents in processed foods (eg milk for ice cream), and sell at a producer-only farmers' market If the producer story is exceptional, the producer might be direct marketing some other way, like an outstanding CSA, or, say, a fisherman with her own boat who sells sustainably caught fish and is a great cook. Be generous with your recommendations, as long as they fit the theme of regional, sustainable farm produce, sold in the alternative, not large-scale commercial, venues. If this request could be posted in an appropriate place (like farmers' market organizers' offices or bulletins, the public markets forum, or the national network of farmers' markets), I would be grateful. Please forward this to anyone you know who runs an outstanding farmers' market or knows outstanding growers. For a posting, you can simply use this note, tweaked. Or I could write a 'Call for outstanding farmers' markets and outstanding producer stories' bulletin, with my contact details attached. I hope you can help. Thanks very much, Best wishes, Nina NINA PLANCK 1644 Monroe St, NW Washington, DC 20010-1804 202 232 6042 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FW: [globalnews] Stop the Corporate Takeover of our Water
In a message dated 7/27/02 11:09:42 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh, you mean like the folks did at WACO, I guess. -Allan No, I mean in a peaceful futuristic way, like in the cosmic orgasm of the Mother Earth...why are you so negative, or as an Anthropop may say, Luciferic???...SStorch
Re: EM in Australia?
In a message dated 7/27/02 5:31:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: , I am interested to know if anyone is using EM in Australia? Probably but I thought this was a kind of biodynamic related site, we've had many discussions on EM...sstorch
Re: Fwd: farmers' market and farmer stories wanted
The farmers market in Santa Fe, New Mexico is really a fine one for a town of only 65,000 souls (plus many summer visitors). I am not sure who the most outstanding producers are, but there is organic beef and lamb as well as great produce. There must be a great master chili grower as you say! If this idea strikes you I could approach the farmer I work for to see about his contacts as he sells there on Tues. and Sat. market days. Would this likely be for PBS? Best, Tom Schley
Tomato Horn Worms.
Here's something I've noticed this year. We've had an invasion of tomato horn worms. The interesting thing is that none of the heirlooms have been touched yet, only the hybrids. On the other hand there is a rust or blight hereabouts that is attacking only the hybrids! Tom
