Merla, Thanks for the suggestions. I have a lot of studying to do and this will help.
Patti..... Merla Barberie wrote: > Hi Patty, > > I was too much of a neophyte too when I first came on BD Now. What I > did was save all the emails to categories on disks and when I learned > what they were talking about, I reread my disks and understood a lot > more. > > I'm doing this now with Compost Teas list/serve. Many of the people are > professional. They design compost tea makers or they have a business > with golf courses and large acreages. The compost tea makers are huge > and expensive and mechanical designers really need to share technical > data. > > I wanted to share my little knowledge of making compost tea in our "Why > Organic?" fairbooth this coming week and was not succeeding in borrowing > a small professional teamaker because of logistics. Finally after my > umpteenth email, the Webmaster, Jeff, sent me a link for beginners that > told how to rig a simple aerator on a 5 gallon bucket. I could do this! > > The terra cotta pots and wet peat moss are for storing little tiny > ziplocks of Bio-Dynamic preparations. It is most important to keep the > organisms in the prep alive. I have a big pot with moss in it, but > SStorch's message just informed me for the first time that I should have > wet the moss. I've probably killed everything because it's really arid > here in August even in my root cellar. > > Just hang in and enjoy all these people from all over the world. > > Best, > > Merla >
