Dear Allan, I cant see what the problem is when you are trying to put a fence in to keep out the foxes and if you put out peppers in that area to keep out foxes? The peppers will not kill the foxes, it just makes it not the right place to be! It is like a glass wall around the area you pepper. (Much cheaper too!) Remember Steiner spoke of peppering the dandelions in the garden, when the farmer wanted them in his fields but not the garden. He said you can just keep them out of the area that you pepper. I agree we need to look at the reasons there is a problem and try to deal with that first, and also what is going to take its place! Best wishes Cheryl.
BDFGAA Phone /Fax : 02 6657 5322 Home: 02 6657 5306 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.biodynamics.net.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Balliett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 11:51 PM Subject: Re: ashing > >So, the fact is that securing a "bioregional biological > >interelationship" is much harder than it seems at first > >sight. It does not seem you can convince most people > >that every single form of life on Earth should have a fair > >chance to manifest itself and live its destiny. Let alone > >convince them that this is even "profitable"! > > Fernando - I understand what you are saying. What I am hearing from > permaculture people and from some biodynamic people - - from their > experience, btw, and not from conjecture, is, essentially 'build it > and they will come.' I'm assuming that what we will eventually find > out is that the ramifications of the soil foodweb are much broader > than we currently area aware and that when a healthy soil > micorbiology is re-established, it effects the higher animals in ways > that we have not yet quantified. > > I, my friend, have fox troubles. It's hard for me to wish for the > biological solution for foxes (essentially hungry wolves), but I will > not resort to ashinging because ashing 'creates a hole' and that > could not be in my best interest: whether it is filled or goes > unfilled! > > -Allan >
