More Sheldrake Opportunities

2003-03-12 Thread Allan Balliett
March 13, Thursday, Chicago, IL Lecture and book signing: The Extended Mind: Recent Experimental Evidence Bederman Auditorium, 618 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago: 7.30 PM. $20 prepaid $24 at the door Contact: (630) 668-1571, ext. 320 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] March 15, Saturday, Wheaton, IL Seminar: Soul

Re: organic food

2003-03-12 Thread Allan Balliett
Allan - Why not use a refractometer? Have a chart available explaining what Brix is. Challenge your customers to find produce with a higher Brix reading than yours. Ron Ron - As far as I know, objectively speaking, there is no proof that brix represents anything other than a higher sugar content.

NOW: I'm looking for Articles on CSA

2003-03-12 Thread Allan Balliett
A quality holistic health publication that has just started in Washington, DC (Integrated Health) has asked me for an article on CSA for their next issue. The rub is that the deadline is this Friday. This means that I have to find an article that I can get permission to have reprinted and submi

Re: NOW: I'm looking for Articles on CSA

2003-03-12 Thread Allan Balliett
Hi Allan, Have you tried bioneers.org? Pat uh-uh. What did you have in mind? _Allan

Re: Chromas and humus Was Electronic homeopathy for plants.

2003-03-13 Thread Allan Balliett
I might have a couple of good pictures soon that would help with this, can I email them to you. (thats if i can get them scanned in properly) Lloyd - If you don't mind, let's get these posted to the web. I'm happy to publish them for you, if you don't have your own means. If you need to have them

Need Current Email Address for Phyl Dwyer

2003-03-13 Thread Allan Balliett
Thanks! Probably best to send it to me off-line at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks -Allan

Re: NOW: I'm looking for Articles on CSA

2003-03-13 Thread Allan Balliett
btw the BIONEERS site has great links on it. Most of all, it's reminder of how many great articles are published through ACRES USA, but there are a lot of other links there, also. Thanks for thinking of your neighbors, Pat! ;-)

Re: Help

2003-03-14 Thread Allan Balliett
What sort of experiences have you (anyone) had with using 501 in a greenhouse? I think that Grotzke advised that it is too strong for use in a greenhouse. (?) For this reason, I have held off using it. First outbreak of aphids makes me think of using it. I think heinz mentioned a residual and a

Re: Help

2003-03-14 Thread Allan Balliett
ask the ants and lady bugs to come and eat...sstorch Not the ants, Steve. Don't invite the ants to the greenhouse. It is they who manage the aphids...

Re: orgone and stirring

2003-03-14 Thread Allan Balliett
What would you think about an orgone accumulator built around my stirring machine. I have just recieved the materials and am going to try it...??? I assume you've read DeMeo's book on that topic? That book is the reason that we do not have an accumulator in our house. -Allan

Fred K on the Future of Agrarianism

2003-03-16 Thread Allan Balliett
from the Leopold Center Home Page: The Future of Agrarianism: Where Are We Now?[1] Frederick Kirschenmann Director, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture If the [current] pattern holds, farming as a way of life will mainly disappear within the next 50 years, large swaths of the country will

Dr DeMeo's comments on Chemtrails/Chembusters

2003-03-17 Thread Allan Balliett
Status: U X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 13:51:22 -0800 To: Allan Balliett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: James DeMeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: COMMENTS? Fwd: Re: Cloudbusters X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests=none version=2.43

Re: Monsanto's Wheat

2003-03-17 Thread Allan Balliett
Thirty Meteres??? Tell them that window cleaners on Manhattan skyscrapers were pelted with a substance up on there scaffolding. When collected and analyzed turned out to be wheat chaff...sstorch I bet it was grist from the great Wall Street mill...

Important information from Starhawk FWD

2003-03-27 Thread Allan Balliett
Status: U Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 08:10:42 -0500 Subject: FW: [starhawk] A bone from Raffah From: Jane Sherry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Allan Balliett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at pop015.verizon.net from [151.204.108.46] at Thu, 27 Mar 2003 07:1

Fwd: [globalnews] HAARP: VANDALISM IN THE SKY?

2003-03-29 Thread Allan Balliett
HAARP: VANDALISM IN THE SKY? Published in Nexus Magazine, Volume 3, Number 1 (December '95-January '96) PO Box 30, Mapleton Qld 4560 Australia. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: +61 (0)7 5442 9280; Fax: +61 (0)7 5442

Re: HAARP: VANDALISM IN THE SKY & WEATHER CONTROL with ExtremelyLow Frequency (ELF) & The Effects of this interference with symphonies ofGaia's geomagnetic

2003-03-30 Thread Allan Balliett
Alberto Thanks for this information. I wish you would post it to BD Now! yourself. This information is RIGHT ON TOPIC. Please help keep farmers everywhere informed. _Allan

Re: Vitality and fertility ofsoils

2003-03-31 Thread Allan Balliett
In the agriculture lectures Steiner refers several times to keeping the work on the farm in the realm of the living. Ergo, sheathe material from domestic and wild animals, plants, and manures. Bravo, Steve. It's the absolute truth. Working in the realm of the living at all times. _Allan

Question for Hugh: Growing Ginger

2003-04-01 Thread Allan Balliett
Dear Hugh - You gave me a lot of cultural information about growing ginger at ACRES. I've finally got around to buying a couple of cases of it from the local food co-op. Something I was wondering was if you thought that here in the Northern Virginia area I might be better off planting it in a

Fwd: Can u forward this to BDNow Allan? Re: A1 and A2 milk

2003-04-02 Thread Allan Balliett
Status: U X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 06:46:32 +1000 To: Allan Balliett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Graeme Gerrard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Can u forward this to BDNow Allan? Re: A1 and A2 milk X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests=none

Buddy, Can you paradigm?

2003-04-02 Thread Allan Balliett
The conventional farmer who manages the grass-fed beef at the farm I'm doing CSA at this season refuses to feed kelp free choice to deal with end-of-the-winter lice infestations on the steers because 'Well, you think that kelp is natural, but I'll tell you, there's nothing natural at all about

Re: Notes form the science world - West Nile and pagers

2003-04-02 Thread Allan Balliett
"avifauna"! Oh, Chris, thanks for the new word!!! -Allan

Re: Where did Jane go?

2003-04-03 Thread Allan Balliett
I know that Curtis Lang resigned as moderator of Global News, and I haven't seen any posts from Jane Sherry since. Has she left this list? Lance [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jane has signed off BD Now! WE have a don't ask/don't tell policy, of course. -Allan

ADMIN - Decreasing Your Post Size

2003-04-03 Thread Allan Balliett
Friends - If you have a sizeable post to share with this group, please send it up in segments. Mark the sequence number in the subject e.g. "1/32 Things we use as subsoilers in Kansas", "2/32 Things we use as subsoilers in Kansas," etc Please keep the size of each packet at about 35k Please r

Fwd: [Market-farming] Tomato farming in the midst of war

2003-04-03 Thread Allan Balliett
In reading this article, I recognized a similarity in independence of spirit between many on this list, and the farmers described in the article. -Jill http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,929142,00.html Tomato republic Burhan Wazir discovers that a little thing like war does not prevent

Potatoes in Cages

2003-04-05 Thread Allan Balliett
Sounds exciting, doesn't it? Even if you don't have lots of space, you can enjoy an amazing yield of potatoes by growing in a container - half a whiskey barrel, a trash can, whatever. Clean it well and make drainage holes in the bottom. Add about six inches of soil to the bottom and plant a lay

Re: Potatoes in Cages

2003-04-06 Thread Allan Balliett
I don't know jack about 'tyres' but I do know that in the US tires were banned by gardening clubs for use as planters because they shed to much cadmium and, apparently other road-collected heavy metals. We used to cut them and stack them to make tomato planters for low income households that l

Re: GM foods and "gut lesions" -- was "Monsanto's Canola"

2003-05-28 Thread Allan Balliett
In a message dated 5/13/03 1:55:50 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Will someone explain -- when should one use the term "GM" (genetically modified) vs. "GE" (genetically engineered) ? take care, -Lily >> Don't give them the credit of using a term like "engineered" or " modified". I like the descr

Re: Mad cow update ect...

2003-05-28 Thread Allan Balliett
Thanks for this profound post, Markess. I remind everyone: if you want to discuss this the origins of Mad Cow and other 'wasting diseases' with Mark Purdey, please post any questions you have to the list. This discussion will be driven by your questions and comments and will not, I am told, fly

Re: Mad Cows & Englishmen

2003-05-29 Thread Allan Balliett
I haven't seen a word about this on US media. Is this just because I've been on a media blackout since the season began, or is it not being covered in the US? -Allan -17 Farms under Quarantine and they have started slaughtering herds so tell that Mark Purdy to hurry up and get up here. Anything

Re: Mad cow update ect...

2003-05-29 Thread Allan Balliett
Just for clarification: I think the argument for pasture-fed ruminates has already been won in the biological farming movement. I do not think that anyone in this movement who has been paying attention thinks that it is ok to feed by-products (proteins) or grains, for that matter, to grazing a

Re: Mad Cows & Englishmen

2003-05-29 Thread Allan Balliett
Non reporting in the US media. I get the local news here and farming issues are big news. They are saying different and new things almost every day it is weird I will keep people updated on our local news as long as everyone is interested? peace eric They say that with corporate news you can

Re: Mad cow update ect...

2003-05-29 Thread Allan Balliett
Lettuces have been the test plant and various mixes and matches of the preparations have been used. She has a list of other questions that I could pass on to anyone who would like to discuss them. I'd like to see these! -Allan ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAI

Re: Mad cow update ect...

2003-05-29 Thread Allan Balliett
One might also ask why the Warble fly is such a pest and would peppering be part of the remedy? Peter. If you follow the dollar trail, massive amounts of pesticides were applied to 'the entire british herd' at 3 times the normal application rate. It appears to me that the move to eradicate the fl

Re: Introduction

2003-05-30 Thread Allan Balliett
Welcome to the group, Arjen!! Sounds like you have a wealth of experience to share with the group! My question, first! Hey, what do you use to accumulate orgone for a field or farm? Thanks -Allan Balliett ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Mad Cows & Englishmen

2003-05-30 Thread Allan Balliett
talking in the economic realm and not intending to talk nonsense: Is there a possible connection between the US' concern about Canada's liberalized marijuana laws and the closing of US borders to Canadian meat? -Allan ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PRO

Re: Introduction

2003-05-30 Thread Allan Balliett
The farmer is the best orgone accumulator, next a "chembuster" device as discussed a few months ago, see yer archives...sstorch Steve = I got all that. Let's hear about Arjen's experiences, ok? Sounds like he's working with some people who are onto something. -Allan PS Don't you mean "a fully or

For Arjen: BD NOW! ARCHIVES was Re: Introduction

2003-05-31 Thread Allan Balliett
Arjen - You can currently access a large portion of the BD Now! archives without a password at http://www.mail-archive.com/bdnow%40envirolink.org/ Your password for the archives should have been given to you in the 'letter' you received when

Re: growth and decay

2003-06-02 Thread Allan Balliett
From: "Sarah Cherry" > Hi, Liz, I realized that the communication, feelings, energy flows or whatever you want to call it were different for "decay" when the plant was manifesting an insect problem than when it just needed water. Same with "growth". The forces in a well-ordered plant are per

Please read 'Mid-west tornado' section FWD: Orgone BiologicalResearch Lab Newsletter

2003-06-05 Thread Allan Balliett
Status: U X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 21:04:40 -0700 To: OBRL Newsletter June 2003 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: James DeMeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: OBRL Seminars, Ether-Drift, Cloudbusting, Matriarchal Societies, Bibliography, and more... X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 requir

OFF: Planet Jr Seeder Manu. Rights to be auctioned

2003-06-05 Thread Allan Balliett
Farm equipment manufacturing opportunity Planet Jr. seed sowing machines were important tools for American vegetable, herb, and flower growers for over 90 years. The brand changed ownership several times, presently in the hands of Powell Manufacturing Co. in South Carolina. Over the last few

FWD The "Good News" About Canadian BSE

2003-06-05 Thread Allan Balliett
Status: U From: Ross Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Black-Ink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: GRAZE-L POSTING <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: @Home Network X-Accept-Language: en,pdf Subject: [Graze-l] BSE CASE IN CANADA SHOULD NOT CAUSE PANIC Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mai

Fwd: FEDERAL UPDATE: WESTON A. PRICE FOUNDATION

2003-06-05 Thread Allan Balliett
FEDERAL UPDATE: WESTON A. PRICE FOUNDATION JUNE 4, 2003 USDA CHOOSES INDUSTRY OVER CHILDREN IN SCHOOL LUNCH DECISION Despite thousands of comments to the federal government from parents, teachers and children nationwide opposing irradiated meat in the National School Lunch Program, the U.S. De

Fwd: ALERT: WESTON A. PRICE FOUNDATION: Case for Banning GMOs

2003-06-17 Thread Allan Balliett
**WESTON A. PRICE FOUNDATION*** UPDATE June 16, 2003 THE CASE FOR BANNING GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOs) The Independent Science Panel (ISP) released on Ju

FYI: Fwd: A Message From The Orion Society

2003-06-17 Thread Allan Balliett
Dear Friend of Orion, This is a fundraising letter. These are dreadfully difficult times for non-profit organizations devoted to healing human relations with the natural world. At a time when they are needed most, we hear from one fine organization after another that they are being forced to clos

Thun on Herb Teas for the Garden

2003-06-20 Thread Allan Balliett
Somewhere in my reading recently, I ran across a list by Maria Thunn of how various herbal teas can be used in the garden. I thought that the list was in working with teh Stars 2003, but that list turns out to be one for using herbal teas in the gardeners body. Anyone see this other list? Also

Zoonotic viral traffic: overlooking the weak link

2003-06-23 Thread Allan Balliett
Infections Now More Widespread Animals Passing Them to Humans By Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, June 15, 2003; Page A01 It happens again and again. Strange and frightening new infections seem to appear out of nowhere, such as Lyme disease, Ebola and, of course, AIDS. With monkeypox

Re: Thun on Herb Teas for the Garden

2003-06-25 Thread Allan Balliett
Do you have a wild patch of equisetum or did you establish a bed for the purpose of harvesting? A natural patch I recently discovered As an aside, what is the benefit / effect of tansy tea? I'd expect to use it as an insect repellent, but I do not know what the experience of others has been The

Re: Rust

2003-06-25 Thread Allan Balliett
try clay and 501 on the rust, I have had success with that...sstorch Can you give more details, Steve? -Allan ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow

Re: equisetum

2003-06-25 Thread Allan Balliett
Until I have more time to spare, I'll follow Courtney;s advice to leave the leaves on (I have never had too much activity from a batch.) and Kolisko's recommendation to go anaerobic. What I'm trying to find out, I guess, is if it is possible for a 'sun tea' of equisetum (whatever the term: made

Rabbit Pepper

2003-06-25 Thread Allan Balliett
Anyone selling rabbit peppers here in the US? -Allan ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow

Demeter International on BD Preps and the EU

2003-06-25 Thread Allan Balliett
Thanks to Ferdinand for going to the root of this matter (I am contracting for the missing references. Please be patient): Regulations regarding Bio-Dynamic Preparations in the EU To your question concerning the preparations: a new EC hygiene regulation (1774/2002) enter into force as from 30

Re: Alex Podolinsky

2003-06-26 Thread Allan Balliett
Allan I'll do my best to tape the talk, but you may have to wait to hear it on our website? L&L Liz I hope you meant "LOL" -Allan ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/l

Fwd from Greg Willis: Dornach, Trademarks, Reformation and Me

2003-06-29 Thread Allan Balliett
Allan, could you please forward this to bdnow. Thanks. Dear Fellow Listers, Some of you may have wondered what happened to me. Well, I can only say there were medical problems. I almost died. Much to the chagrin of the BDA, Demeter and JPI, I survived. Tough luck, fellas. CAUTION: This is a long

Re: Fwd from Greg Willis: Dornach, Trademarks, Reformation and Me

2003-06-30 Thread Allan Balliett
Allan Greg wrote last that he was rubbing his preps on his head big time & now he writes he almost died why do we want to read any thing more? Just curious? Greg has recently joined BD Now!, Mark. I'll leave it to him to explain that one for you. (And perhaps your reference for the sake of new

ADMIN: James: Please Fix Your Email Attachments Pronto

2003-06-30 Thread Allan Balliett
Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:James Hedley 3.vcf (TEXT/R*ch) (001563C4) It's some sort of microsoft security chad that you can turn off on your end. It's potentially unsanitary and should not be sent to this discussion group. Thanks -Allan ___ BD

Re: Attachments

2003-07-01 Thread Allan Balliett
The name of the file was: James Hedley 3.vcf There is not an attachment in your current response. That is fine. the .vcf files are some sort of security file that, as I understand, can be turned off or turned on by the originator. Just keep them OFF and we are fine. Thanks -Allan ___

Fwd: HOMEOPATHIC COPPER

2003-07-05 Thread Allan Balliett
Status: U Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 01:56:11 -0700 Subject: HOMEOPATHIC COPPER From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> NEED INFO FOR COSMETIC PRODUCT. BHAUSTIN LA REMEDIE ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your

Re: OFF/ WARNING!

2003-07-06 Thread Allan Balliett
Hackers apparently are making concerted attacks on websites on Sun., July 6. M. Is that what you heard? I heard that anarchists are uniting to stop the US from democratizing the world. -AB ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or

Fwd: A Bold and Unprecedented Opportunity available until thisThursday, July 10

2003-07-08 Thread Allan Balliett
Friends - This info is unconfirmed by myself, but I thought it well worth forwarding. -Allan Status: U Delivered-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 14:47:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Louise Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: A Bold and Unprecedented Opportunity available until this Thursday, J

ADMIN: Viruses

2003-07-11 Thread Allan Balliett
Keith - I didn't see any attachments to Gil's email on this end. Everyone knows to not send attachments to BD Now! You are probably seeing that html artifact that some email tools pick up. I don't understand why it w.b. infected, though. -Allan ___ BD

Re: ADMIN: Viruses

2003-07-11 Thread Allan Balliett
Hi! Allan and Keith, Nothing should come out of here as my set up should stop any viruses getting in, leave alone getting out. I also understood that Allan had the list set up in a safe manner. Gil Just to be explicit: I do not know of any virus prevention that is applied to BD Now! Not sending

Re: unsubbing

2003-07-18 Thread Allan Balliett
I have used the website to unsub from this list but I'm still getting mail. is there anyone in charge? Lucia LUcia - Unsub is automatic if you follow the directions at the website. Perhaps you are receiving mail through an address different that what you are unsubbing? Please give it another tr

Re: Eric

2003-07-21 Thread Allan Balliett
Dear Lloyd, Roger, James, Actually, Eric has left the list because he is in the middle of moving from cattle country in Alberta to a more sophisticated mixed farming area in British Columbia. Michael Actually, Michael, Eric is off the list because Allan pulled the plug on him. I would have do

Re: Fw: Fw: Eric

2003-07-22 Thread Allan Balliett
I'm very impressed by how you folks up North stick together. -Allan ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow

Re: Fw: Fw: Eric

2003-07-23 Thread Allan Balliett
Like I said, Gideon, I'm very busy right now. I check the list and see baby brain crap coming from one person and I don't see any sort of deeper thought being provoked by it. If I am wrong, please let me know. If people want Eric back on the list, that's fine with me. Myself, I didn't find anyt

Re: Fw: Fw: Eric

2003-07-23 Thread Allan Balliett
PS Have u checked out www.union.org ? what is that all about ?? Sorry, it eludes me. Can someone else help? -Allan ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow

Re: Fw: Fw: Eric

2003-07-24 Thread Allan Balliett
G'day: The www.unionag.net doesn't work either. Any other suggestions? Cheers Penelope Hmm, it does for me! (but just a page full of ads) I'm intrigued by how your mind works, however. Please see me after class. -Allan ___ BDNow

FWD: From Anders re Eric

2003-07-25 Thread Allan Balliett
www.union.org ? what is that all about ?? ----- Original Message - From: "Allan Balliett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Biodynamic Food and Farming Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 4:44 AM Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: Eric

WEEDS and WHAT THEY TELL US was Re: Pytrons

2003-07-25 Thread Allan Balliett
Does anyone happen to have a copy of either Walters' or Pfeiffer's book on this topic? I can't lay my hands on mind. I'm looking for details on the what SPINY PIG WEED indicates. (I know, I know, it's a karmic thing.) If you have the time to look that one up for me, I'd surely appreciate it. T

FWD from SANET Aurora Farm for Sale

2003-07-25 Thread Allan Balliett
www.kootenay.com/~aurora/Farmsale.html Aurora Farm, located in southeastern British Columbia, growers and marketers of biodynamically-grown garden seeds since 1989, is now for sale. 31 acres, two homes, large workshop/studio, barn, pasture, forest. Serious inquiries only, please. Aurora Farm. the

Re: WEEDS and WHAT THEY TELL US - Spiny Pigweed

2003-07-25 Thread Allan Balliett
If you mean Spiny Amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus) That's what I mean! I assume that you passed on all the information? Here the rumor is that is only grows on former slave farms, but I do not think that is true. -Allan ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PRO

Fwd: pytronics / bovis

2003-07-25 Thread Allan Balliett
I don't know that etymology is the right word. It's just that James and I were snookered when it came to making comparisons of measurements made separately by us using pendulums. There is no official common scale (excepting one in England which for some strange reason requires participants to

Re: WEEDS and WHAT THEY TELL US - Spiny Pigweed

2003-07-26 Thread Allan Balliett
I find spiny pigweed invading Kikuyu grass in pasture on Hawaii island Jeez!! Bob - I've picked up a Mazzie injector to use with T-tape to fertilize my CSA garden. If you are not familiar with the Mazzie, it is just a syphon that pulls a mixture from a bucket into the irrigation water. I remai

ADMIN: BD Now! Archive Site

2001-11-22 Thread Allan Balliett
The archive for BD Now! is located at http://csf.colorado.edu/perma/biodynamics/ Thanks to Michael Yount for his tireless efforts in this regard. -Allan

Barefoot Farmer invites you...

2001-11-22 Thread Allan Balliett
> > > >Post Thanksgiving Pickin Party > >Saturday afternoon November 24th > >Pot Luck & Music > >Free fruit trees & cabbages > >Hope to see you > >Peace & Love > >Jeff Poppen, the Barefoot Farmer

Jim Duke: Coping with Cattails

2001-11-26 Thread Allan Balliett
With nervous Americans churning around buying up gasmasks, kerosene lanterns, and sleeping bags there may be increased interest in what is romantically called "living off the land" and pessimistically called "survival". The common cattail, a Biblical plant, is one of the easiest recognized and saf

Hughes on "Calendar of the Soul"

2001-11-29 Thread Allan Balliett
>>Reprinted by permission. This article originally appeared in Orion >>(Autumn 1999). 187 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230, >>www.oriononline.org. With hats off to Jane, I've secured permission from the author to post this wonderful article on Rudolf Steiner's Calendar of the Soul on

Community Farming in the Suburbs

2001-11-29 Thread Allan Balliett
This article on community farming appeared in the December 1999 issue of AFIELD. If interest demands it, it will be published in its entirety at the Gardening for the Future pages. Let me know ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) if you are interested. thanks -Allan + The Flowering of the Suburbs: Common

CT: Innoculating Compost Piles with the Pfeiffer B.D. CompostStarter

2001-11-29 Thread Allan Balliett
(Inspired both by Jose's comments about using compost tea to innoculate compost piles and Frank Tueton's recent return to BD Now!, I did a little research on innoculating. In that process, I ran across an old instruction sheet from the Pfeiffer Foundation on the Pfeiffer Compost Starter. It c

Ehrenfried Pfeiffer Remembered

2001-11-29 Thread Allan Balliett
Wow, here's a double trip down memory lane! Larry Rotheraine's tribute to Pfeiffer on the US BDA's homepage, as originally coded by your ol' dad back in the day! (Complete with the early on-line logo! Check it out fast, friends, because, as the walls will tell you 'we are not alone!') The Pfei

OFF: "Love One Another"

2001-11-30 Thread Allan Balliett
Beatle George Harrison died at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at a friend's Los Angeles home following a battle with cancer, longtime friend Gavin De Becker said late Thursday. "He died with one thought in mind -- love one another," De Becker said. more info at: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/30/obituari

Re: CT: Innoculating Compost Piles with the Pfeiffer B.D. CompostStarter

2001-11-30 Thread Allan Balliett
>The Long Island Lab has analyzed some pfeiffer compost and regular compost, >bc and 500 (for those who can afford the analysis) and they are impressed >with the results. >They do not study or practice how we achieved these high levels of >excellence...sstorch I'd be very interested in an analys

Re: CT: Innoculating Compost Piles with the Pfeiffer B.D. CompostStarter

2001-12-01 Thread Allan Balliett
>As far as testing the finished product, it w.b. my expectation that >you, Steve, make top-notch compost with or without the Pfeiffer >products. > >Why thank ye sir... I will be making some remedies/composts and 500 with >Agnihotra ash up until Christmas tide as well as incorporating it into the >

CT: Elaine Ingham's "Recommended Reading" list

2001-12-01 Thread Allan Balliett
This list appears at the Soil Food Web homepage at http://www.soilfoodweb.com A Good intro text Killham, K 1994. Soil Ecology. Cambridge Univ. Press A more advanced text Coleman, D.C and Crossley, D.A. Jr 1995. Fundamentals of Soil Ecology. An Excellent , easy to read textbook. Sylvia, D.M.,

So, Sopia Christine...was Re: 3 Kings Spray

2001-12-01 Thread Allan Balliett
Can you find out if WELEDA US can easily supply these items, what the pricing w.b. and how we in the outlands would order these ingredients timely? (Sorry for this imposition right now.) >Take 30g each of Aurum metallicum D2 (Weleda) - gold Frankincense >(olibanum) (Weleda) Myrrh resin > >Grin

re:three kings (from Christy Karrow)

2001-12-02 Thread Allan Balliett
The most recent newsletter issue of the Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics(JPI), which I just received yesterday, is primarily devoted to the Three Kings Preparation. The news letter costs $7.50. It contains translated material from Germany, plus interesting information given by Hu

Re: So, Sopia Christine...was Re: 3 Kings Spray

2001-12-03 Thread Allan Balliett
>Hi, Allan: Finbarr says Weleda gave the ingredients to Hugh Courtney >last year, and Christy has already mentioned him and his newsletter. >Sorry for answering late. My aol is on the blink and I am using >other people's computers to read my mail. >All best, >Sophia Christine Thanks, Sophia Ch

Can anyone offer a testimonial for the 3 kings spray?

2001-12-03 Thread Allan Balliett
Any Reporting Based on your own experiences is best, of course, but hearsay is admissible. -Allan

Re: Can anyone offer a testimonial for the 3 kings spray?

2001-12-04 Thread Allan Balliett
>Allan - I was attending a BDAA conference in Gloucestershire (UK) in early >January a couple of years ago when the Three Kings prep was used. It was >stirred quietly in a corner during an address by Manfred Klett and scattered >around a nearby part of the grounds, especially a very ancient sycam

Good (possible) insights into dilution and succussion: Fwd:Washington Homeopathic Dec 2001

2001-12-04 Thread Allan Balliett
THe article appears towards the end of this message. -Allan >Status: U >Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 19:15:08 -0500 >To: "Allan Balliett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Washington Homeopathic Dec 2001 > >Dear Washington Homeopathic

Re: Off: Life in perspective

2001-12-05 Thread Allan Balliett
Yes, the differences between the rich and poor won't be quite so arguable once genetic engineering and human cloning come into their own. At that point, we have the possibility of a caste system with physical distinctions - - acquired by cash - - beyond our wildest imaginations. It is not a d

Fwd: How we came to live under fascism...

2001-12-05 Thread Allan Balliett
>Status: U >Mailing-List: contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]; run by ezmlm >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Delivered-To: moderator for [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unverified) >Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 18:04:18 +0100 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAI

Re: Blackspot

2001-12-10 Thread Allan Balliett
Elaine Ingham reports excellent results on blacksport on roses with foliar applications of high-quality compost teas. If I remember right, she is getting success in the black-spotty Pacific NW with just one application per year. http://www.soilfoodweb.com Make your tea from barrel compost and

Re: Biodynamics in the storefront

2001-12-10 Thread Allan Balliett
Bill - How do the apples taste? Who grew them? (more later!) _Allan >Hi all- > >I work in the produce department of the co-op in Moscow, Idaho. We >currently have some bd apples. I'm looking for some good >signage/labelling info for our customers. Any ideas? Something >brief that distingui

Al Kapuler on a non-violent food supply and other topics

2001-12-11 Thread Allan Balliett
(Here's one of the intros to Oregon Tilth co-founder Harry MacCormack's new book, Children of De-Light. Harry hangs out with Elaine Ingham and spoke a couple of times at last week's ACRES conference. I'm still working on the book and can't recommend it yet, but wanted to pass on Al's words, si

ACRES Lifetime Achievement Award 2002: British Organic FarmerMark Purdy's for his relentless investigation of the source of BSE andrelated 'diseases'

2001-12-12 Thread Allan Balliett
. from: http://www.vegan.swinternet.co.uk/mainpages/magazines_frame.html In 1986, in Britain, the first recorded case was recognised of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a new disease which was affecting the nervous systems of cattle, causing Parkinsonian/ dementia-like symptoms. The o

Re: Off Topic-BDNow and the Waldorf Critics List

2001-12-14 Thread Allan Balliett
OH, BOY! Finally, some X-posting of BD Now! -Allan (said with pained sarcasm, but a sense of optimism) >List members, > >Just thought you need to know that posts from BDNOW have become >fodder for the musings of the odious Waldorf Critics list. I believe >the most recent thread starts here:

Re: Soil building with plant matter compost

2001-12-16 Thread Allan Balliett
Nice comeback, Frank! >The Nearings made veganic compost, and avoided dying for many decades, but >they had no kids, eh? The kid thing is a really important way of judging the effectiveness of a nutritional approach. Courtney says that the shortcoming of the 'quick compost method' (using bd

Re: Soil building with plant matter compost

2001-12-18 Thread Allan Balliett
>>mix, but the best thing overall every year was just >>dairy manure. The stalks and ears of the corn were >>just massive - like the cows neck. > >The size thing always worries me. We all get taken in by this, even >the Koliskos were prone to assessing quality in terms of size. >It is an importa

Milking the Home-based Compost machine Re: Soil building withplant matter compost

2001-12-18 Thread Allan Balliett
Dear Barbara- We are thinking of getting our first family milk cow here. I've been reticent to be as 'tied down' as a wet cow makes one, but at this point I'm pretty much tied down anyway. (Not getting a milk cow has been pretty easy for this formerlly vegan household.) How many months of th

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