Re: Three Kings Prep

2003-01-02 Thread Merla Barberie
Allan and Woody, I didn't express myself well in the previous post. I have used BD compost for many years, and BC and 500 sprayed every year on the vegetable garden. I have always used compost, BC and 500, but only used 501 once last year in a small area (This is such an arid place especially

Re: more buggy questions

2003-01-02 Thread Merla Barberie
We always have two kinds of small bark beetles in the winter--longish brown creatures with beautiful markings. They don't eat in their adult phase. I don't know their life cycle. They walk and fly around the loft of our cabin. They are under the metal roof and must come in through small cracks

Re: Three Kings Prep

2003-01-02 Thread Aurora Farm
Merla: Yes you are calling for protection in doing the Three Kings Spray. Do you not have the directions and kit from Hugh Courtenay at JPI on the Three Kings? This will tell you all you need to know and the 2001 newsletter that I mentioned to Allan. And spraying over top of snow would not do it.

Re: Three Kings Prep

2003-01-02 Thread Aurora Farm
Hi Allan: Barbara writing here. No it is not appropriate to use the Three Kings at any other time of the year. Allan could you possibly post the portion of the JPI newsletter (Fall 2001) that talks about what is necessary to have sprayed biodynamically before applying the Three Kings Spray. It is

Re: Three Kings Prep

2003-01-02 Thread Allan Balliett
Hi Allan: Barbara writing here. No it is not appropriate to use the Three Kings at any other time of the year. Allan could you possibly post the portion of the JPI newsletter (Fall 2001) that talks about what is necessary to have sprayed biodynamically before applying the Three Kings Spray. It is

roses, lesson in humility

2003-01-02 Thread flylo
We've been getting torrential rains here in central Texas. Though everything is still green and growing, we have water standing in every available low spot. I was amazed that even tho we've had a couple of frosts, my roses have been blooming late December. One white rose has always had small

Re: Three Kings Prep

2003-01-02 Thread Aurora Farm
Thanks Allan. That's the one. I was away from Aurora on the 22nd so missed your post. Blessings, B Aurora Farm. the only unsubsidized, family-run seed farm in North America offering garden seeds grown using Rudolf Steiner's methods of spiritual agriculture. http://www.kootenay.com/~aurora

Re: source of nettle seeds

2003-01-02 Thread Hugh Lovel
I am interested to know how well the seeded nettles grow. a bd grower in Germany told me that he tried to grow nettles from seed for nettle tea production and increase the a amount of nettles available for his own use. He tried several times, but failed, while in some areas of his property they

Re: Fw: Anionic water

2003-01-02 Thread Hugh Lovel
Dear Manfred, Not much to comment yet. I haven't tried the Prill water. I've trying this Japanese version. Sure is good water, but if you go the the Prill site some amazing and extravagant claims are made. I don't see much evidence of their validity. I'm one who tries to bend over backward to

Re: source of nettle seeds

2003-01-02 Thread Allan Balliett
Folks - One year I cut my seeding nettle back and put the cuttings in the compost pile. I thought my chopping preceded the maturity of the seed, but apparently not. I applied that compost in the fall and in the spring I had, well, a cover crop of nettle plants everywhere I had put down the

Re: source of nettle seeds

2003-01-02 Thread Jane Sherry
My experience with nettles planted in my garden periphery, is that the harvest is much smaller the area planted is expanding slowing. The 'natural' patch is much more prolific. But I must say, my favorite to eat and drink are the nettles receiving the bd preps. They are somehow much more tasty,

Re: Three Kings Prep

2003-01-02 Thread Jane Sherry
Well, now I am confused. It is January here in the NE. And there is snow. That seems pretty predictable. How is it possible that we should NOT spray if there's snow? It does seem, having said that, that there wasn't snow last year when we sprayed the Three Kings. Blessings, Jane From: Aurora

FW: [globalnews] Realizing God

2003-01-02 Thread Jane Sherry
Title: FW: [globalnews] Realizing God If by bathing daily God could be realized Sooner would I be a whale in the deep; If by eating roots and fruits He could be known Gladly would I choose the form of a goat; If the counting of rosaries uncovered Him I would say my prayer on mammoth beads;

Copper sulfate

2003-01-02 Thread Dave Robison
Steve-- What are you trying to do? What is the desired influence? What is your source? Copper sulfate is a potent algaecide and I assume would have injurious effects on other microbes. Obviously it affects fungi, presumably even the beneficial ones. I'm not keen about using it as a spray -- I use

Re: Three Kings Prep

2003-01-02 Thread Aurora Farm
Sorry for the confusion Jane. What I was meaning was that it wouldn't be appropriate to spray the BD preps over top of snow (Merla's post) in order to be able to spray the Three Kings. Blessings, B Aurora Farm. the only unsubsidized, family-run seed farm in North America offering garden seeds

Re: Copper Sulfate

2003-01-02 Thread Tony Nelson-Smith
Scoop up the filings and put them in the stirring vessel... Ah! Thank you, Steve - I assumed that you beat the filings right into the endgrain rather than using the log as an anvil. Now I get it... Tony N-S. _ MSN 8:

dowsing

2003-01-02 Thread flylo
Can anyone direct me to some good sites on dowsing? Also, another list, the topic came up of the art of dowsing for foal and calf sex on the cow or mare. Is this widely done, and can anyone explain how? I did a pendulum dowsing about 2 months before my first foal was due. I had 2 mares I

You know, the Heart is not a Pump thing...

2003-01-02 Thread Allan Balliett
The Dynamic Heart and Circulation Craig Holdrege http://www.praxagora.com/stevet/netfuture/ni/ic/ic7/heart.html This essay is a substantially shortened version of Craig's introduction to a book called The Dynamic Heart and Circulation, of which he is the editor. Many of the supporting

Lily Kolisko: Workings Of The Stars In Earthly Substances

2003-01-02 Thread Allan Balliett
Entire article with plates at http://www.anth.org.uk/Science/kolisko/Kolisko_211126.htm WORKINGS OF THE STARS IN EARTHLY SUBSTANCES It is here to deal with the Mystery of Matter and to open up a path into a vast domain, where wonderful things will be revealed to us, if we will but observe

OFF:Does legal status of corporations as persons give them the right to lie?

2003-01-02 Thread Merla Barberie
Hi All, I just got this from Mark Ritchie at WTO Watch and it's so good and to the point of many of the problems in the US that I am copying it and sending it. Merla * * * * * * Now Corporations Claim The Right To Lie by Thom Hartmann published on Wednesday, January 1, 2003 by

Re: dowsing

2003-01-02 Thread Aurora Farm
Flylo: You wrote: In other words, it works, but I don't know why! which is the most intelligent thing anyone can say about dowsing, IMO. Woody Aurora Farm. the only unsubsidized, family-run seed farm in North America offering garden seeds grown using Rudolf Steiner's methods of spiritual

An Impassioned but Anonymous Reader writes Re: 3-Kings Merla

2003-01-02 Thread Allan Balliett
IMHO Merla should get out there and put down the kings prep. Even if she HADN'T PREVIOUSLY used the traditional preps. However, she should make the commitment to use them from now on. To know about the 3Kings prep and NOT use it is, IMO, a BIGGER betrayal than using it with insufficient

Re: dowsing

2003-01-02 Thread Roger Pye
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone direct me to some good sites on dowsing? Also, another list, the topic came up of the art of dowsing for foal and calf sex on the cow or mare. Is this widely done, and can anyone explain how? I did a pendulum dowsing about 2 months before my first foal was

Re: dowsing

2003-01-02 Thread Roger Pye
Aurora Farm wrote: Flylo: You wrote: In other words, it works, but I don't know why! which is the most intelligent thing anyone can say about dowsing, IMO. Woody Aurora Farm. Tried it, have you? roger

FBI ASKS FARMERS TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEIR NEIGHBORS

2003-01-02 Thread Allan Balliett
From Blue Ridge Leader and Loudoun Today, Loudoun County Virginia, Vol 18 #48, DECEMBER 20, 2002 FBI Warns Area Farmers If your neighbor hates genetically modified corn, and he experiments with explosives in the backyard, you probably should report him to local police, an FBI agent told

Now we're cookin!!

2003-01-02 Thread flylo
Well, the 'neighbor who shoots off explosives' hit a chord.. I don't know those way back neighbors, but they've been shooting off what seemed like cannons since midday Tuesday. They're still at it. Humongous Kaboombs... They're maybe 5 miles away so I don't really mind, but I thought it was

MM/Mars Make 10 Worst Corporations List

2003-01-02 Thread Aurora Farm
MM/Mars, corporate owner of Seeds of Change, is on the list of10 Worst Corporations of 2002 compiled by Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman, co-authors of Corporate Predators: The Hunt for MegaProfits and the Attack on Democracy. MM/Mars, for responding tepidly to revelations about child slaves

Re: Now we're cookin!!/ FBI wants farmers to keep tabs on other farmers

2003-01-02 Thread mroboz
Keeping tabs on your neighbours, report back to FB!, sounds more and more like the old KGB every day. I'm starting to not tell the difference between USA and old Soviets except for the technology. Michael

Re: dowsing

2003-01-02 Thread Barft
roger what a wonderful answer. I would only add dennis klocek's book seeking spirit vision. there are many different explorations of such things by someone obviously doing spiritual research. jeff

Re: dowsing

2003-01-02 Thread Gil Robertson
Hi! Roger, My father's family was descended from Irish Catholic stock and at a wedding they could not wait to get the ring off the brides finger to spin it first over her and then over to groom to see who many children of which sex, each would parent. By this they determined how many would be