or make one yourself.
Steve Diver
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Well I like machine stirring. The big question today is how many folks that
started a greg willis program are still on it, granted that a stirring
machine can sit unused too but it tends to get used more than hand stirring
the tripod stirring device and the vortex,
from the Biodynamic Viticulture Field Day at Topolos
Vineyard a few years back when Hugh was teaching with
Peter Proctor over at Steiner College.
It's a Beautiful Day
A RealSlideShow sampler
http://www.ipa.net/~steved/audio/
Steve Diver
these circular calendars
showing when things occur at different times of the year,
accompanied by related phenological events.
http://sres.anu.edu.au/people/richard_baker/research/yanyuwa/trop_climate.html
http://sres.anu.edu.au/people/richard_baker/research/yanyuwa/images/figure_02.gif
Regards,
Steve Diver
feed, pinch buds,
expect certain pests, harvest period, re-establish
into cover crop, rotation sequence, etc.
Best,
Steve Diver
Lloyd Charles wrote:
And Now for the Weather, Aboriginal Style
Mon March 17, 2003 09:52 AM ET
By Michael Perry
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) - When the bearded
creates a bed. This flower garden is still in use and the
owner, a lady friend, loves it.
Steve Diver
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Picked it up great!
Even on my very slow internet connect speed (24000bps)
Who is the girl in the purple skirt, and is that Angel Trumpet she's
pointing
and microbiology.Soil biology
and microbial applications become clearer when you study
the whole process and the culture from which they emerge.
Regards,
Steve Diver
==
Book review in:
Food Research International
Volume 35, Issue 6 , 2002 , Pages 595
of information and
energetic quality, link together all of the work of Masaro
Emoto, Viktor Schauberger, Dr. Fritz Popp, Dr. David
Schweitzer, Center for Implosion Research, Russian
research, Japanese water systems, qualitative
analysis methods, etc.
Peace,
Steve Diver
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
of the slides.
Maybe you'll get an idea how to display images
and audio from your farming and gardening projects.
Streaming along the banks of another beautiful day,
Steve Diver
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The other RSS samples:
Wes Jackson Speaks at Asilomar
The 20th Annual
agriculture; strawberry;
corn; marionberry
In the conclusions you learn that sustainably-grown
food products had higher total phenolic content than
organic, and both were higher than conventional.
Regards,
Steve Diver
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
an interesting report (below)
comments?
David
out by broadcasting. It is a little glimpse
into some very intersting and worth following
up and learning a lot more.
Steve Diver
James Hedley wrote:
Dear Lloyd,
I agree with you that a commercial farm is not really the place for doing
chromas. How many BD farms or CSA's supply food
where this story goes next, when somebody
else adds a chapter.
Peace,
Steve Diver
Lloyd Charles wrote:
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From: Steve Diver [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 2:36 AM
Subject: Re: Electronic homeopathy for plants. Was Re: late
with
a microbial-humus test you gain a broader view of
the situation and that should help all the way around.
Best regards,
Steve Diver
Lloyd Charles wrote:
From: Steve Diver
The typical NPK
soil test, even the Albrecht soil test, is largely irrelevant from
this humus perspective.
Hi Steve
I would
to their patients.
But don't look for more studies as the magic
elixir that will make a difference; go get all the
studies and concepts that already exist and
you will have a powerful statement, as is.
Steve Diver
.
Steve Diver
Allan Balliett wrote:
But don't look for more studies as the magic
elixir that will make a difference; go get all the
studies and concepts that already exist and
you will have a powerful statement, as is.
Steve - Without the studies, everything you mention can be brushed
off
Looks like Google quit indexing my home page,
since it is no longer publically-accessible.
Apparently it made an impact or two, when it did
exist.
Rhizosphere II - Incredible Web page by Steve Diver - worth
while visiting if you are interested in organic farming
http://www.avocadosource.com
on my C:/drive.
Will try some FTP and HTML techniques and
figure out the correct way to load the RSS files
onto a remote web page.
Will post the link again when it works OK from
several different computers.
Fyi,
Steve Diver
Also try the index page
http://www.ipa.net/~steved/audio/index.html
Or go
as you know is everything working? Maybe it was meChristy
- Original Message -
From: Steve Diver [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: Bob Cannard Wes Jackson Audio + RealSlideShow
Here is the RealSlideShow sampler I put
is a beautiful day.
Peace,
Steve Diver
| Castle International Resources
http://www.hydrosource.com/toc.htm
Especially note the Booth tubes and 384-cell
trays in action, and how they integrate with weed
barrier planting methods for super low-maintenance
weed control.
Regards,
Steve Diver
Rambler Flowers LTD wrote:
Tony -
Nice
Tony -
Nice integration of BD preps with a mulching technique
to achieve vegetation control, worm action, soil biology
and a clean bed to transplant into. also getting the
muck and magic benefits of the BD preps all at the
same time.
Steve Diver
Rambler Flowers LTD wrote
,
Steve Diver
Wood -- the
Bois Raméal Fragmenté, and you get the no-till benefits.
Yet, you avoid the fire hazard of open flame weeders and
dried mulch in an arid climate.
Regards,
Steve Diver
Ross McDonald asks:
to Steve Diver, thanks for your comments on the steam/flame web sites.
I
would appreciate if you
the earth healing philosophies and practices
of Biodynamics and Permaculture.
Peaceful wishes,
Steve Diver
==
Practical Literature on the Biodynamic Preparations
Appendix from:
Technical Consultancy Report on Promoting Biodynamics in
Uttaranchal, India. A Winrock Farmer-to-Farmer program.
October 16-27, 2002.
By Steve Diver
Fayetteville, Arkansas
being shipped with Volume 2 in
the Audio CD series, Plant Production Overview.
This is a resource pointer, add this item to your
Soil Foodweb + Humus Management Toolbox.
Regards,
Steve Diver
and Unisun smoothed out.
Now it is available. I waited a long time for this
CD and I cherish my copy.
Harmony Central is handling these, they are
available, that's the main point.
Steve Diver
Steve - Do you have dates on these presentations? Are these the 'old'
CDs or are they a new series
resources
on IM + KNFA, so here they are.
Best regards,
Steve Diver
For the earlier SANET discussion on EM + IM, see:
Re: Beneficial Soil Microbia
Fri, 13 Dec 2002
http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0212L=sanet-mgO=AP=10020
RiverValley wrote:
Hi Steve,
Do you know where we can do
Hey Allan -
The language and resources I posted on BD practices
as special culture approaches to take advantage of
IMO's is accurate and revealing and expansive
but certainly not the whole picture; nor should you assume
that is what I imply. You can look at my resources in
totality and
of the
archives.
Other uses of web archives exist, such as the search
engine methods, but no need to go on and on.
Warm regards,
Steve Diver
delivery.
Steve Diver
.
Steve Diver
-- Forwarding this farm position announcement--
We are a 500 acre biodynamic farm in the diverse landscape
of central Minnesota glacial morraine with hills, forest, wetlands,
and prairie. We are looking for a farmer to steward our land
with its herd of beef cattle and gardeners to grow
of better quality.
Steve Diver
P.S.
My colleagues at ATTRA put these two items together
on nutrient cycling and dung beetles, of interest perhaps
to some readers. The dung beetle pub is especially
fun to read and think about.
Dung Beetle Benefits in the Pasture Ecosystem
http://www.attra.org
by Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, you promote this natural
process.
Clay-Humus: The Seat of Soil Fertility
A Treatise on the Vital Role of Clay-Humus Crumb Structure
and Organo-Mineral Complexes in Soils
http://ncatark.uark.edu/~steved/clay-humus.html
Regards,
Steve Diver
Agriculture Network Discussion Group
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From: Steve Diver [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: USDA-OIG request for information | Organic Grapes
Viticulture
http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0207L=sanet-mgF=S=P=22691
Regards,
Steve Diver
ATTRA
and there, especially in
the European literature.
These resources are so good they are worth summarzing in a
new light; this time with a view towards key resources
that address production of organic vineyards and wines, and
also those specifically embedded with BD research, practices,
and qualitative insight.
Steve
to corporate web hosts and their
advertisements?
Steve Diver
looking at?
How many applications will it take?
What is the cost per application of botanicals?
A promising tactic is the use of cucurbatacin feeding
attractants (e.g., raising certain cuke crops as a trap crop),
accompanied with botanicals.
Just get the ATTRA pub. It's all there.
Steve Diver
http
Here are the access points to research briefs from ICRISAT (India)
regarding microbial assays of BD preparations. The study found
BD preps contain antagonistic bacteria which are suppressive
to Fusarium pathogen and infective to Helicoverpa larvae.
Steve Diver
,
or from JPI in Virginia. [$10, 32 pages, color]
All the Best,
Steve Diver
Barrow -
Nyet on scanning a journal article; likewise, re-typing.
Like many journal articles, available in print only. ILL is your
best bet. Perhaps, write to the publisher for options.
- Diver
Steve,
Once again your fountain of
and crop management;
cosmic influences on plant growth; etc.
It is an essential paper -- in a series -- for the biodynamic
library, in reference to biodynamic calendars, cosmic
influences on plant growth, and planting by the moon.
Steve Diver
Management
Steve Diver
Evidence for Lunar-Sidereal Rhythms in Crop Yield: A Review
Nicholas Kollerstrom and Gerhard Staudenmaier
Biological Agriculture and Horticulture, 2001, Vol. 19. p. 247-259.
.
The Mittleider Method -- Food for Everyone Foundation
http://www.growfood.com
Best,
Steve Diver
Excerpt from Organic Potting Mixes for Certified Production
Sand. Choice of sand in a growing mix can make a difference.
Coarse sand -- called builder's sand -- adds air space to the
potting mix. Fine sand settles
BD-Now,
Here's a significant piece in the ATTRA series on organic
greenhouse production, of interest to farmers raising vegetables,
herbs, and nursery stock; available now in PDF.
Steve Diver
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New item on the ATTRA web page:
Organic Potting Mixes for Certified Production
with, but I seem to recall there are another couple brands of sprayers
BD farmers like to use.
Thanks,
Steve Diver
Content: Web resource list from ATTRA
Soil Biology Information Resources For Land Managers, Resource
Professionals, and Educators
http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/survey/SQI/SBinfo.htm
Content: Web resource list from NRCS-Soil Quality Institute
Steve Diver
science that Albrecth and Kinsey bring to
the table. If you do get to attend one of Kinsey's seminars, it is a
fascinating expereience to learn about minerals, minerals levels,
soil testing, and mineral balancing and their cummulative influence
on soils and plant health.
Steve Diver
of vegetables and
herbs they produce.
Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group - 2002 Conference
http://www.attra.org/ssawg/
Field Trips
http://www.attra.org/ssawg/fieldtrips.html
Steve Diver
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