Hi Liz, If you look in your manual from the Albury Workshop you will find the whole peppering article there! Dont worry about the timing, seeing as it landed on your doorstep - burn it on a root sign as soon as possible. 9-11 March. You could have just burnt it whole, put it in a camp oven and put the lid on. Cook till blackened and burnt right way through and dry. Bit smelly. If you do it in the backyard, the smoke will help with the job. You could do it on the plough disc with lid over a good wood fire (not gas if you can help it) Then when cool, take it out and place some or all of it in a mortar and pestle and grind till smooth. Maria Thun says one hour, I just dowse to see when it is done. If you just want to put out the ash, then mix the ground ash with sand or sawdust, something rather innert, about a bucketful would do for a snake, and then sprinkle around the yard maybe working from the inside in a spiral so you dont trap any inside. If you want to keep some, use the potentising instructions in your manual. Dowse to find correct potency for your land. I keep the leftover ash in a sealed jar, labelled and dated. If you potentise it, keep some of the lower potency as well as the full potency required. Then you have plenty if you need more for next year or for friends. If you have one of Peter Ruehmkorffs modules, then you could just place the ash on the inlet plate and dial your potency and then send to the map of your area to be treated or make up a remedy and spray out! RE timing of peppers. Even though the Venus in Scorpio is meant to be the best time, many have found that using the time that the pest drops itself on your doorstep is the best time. Let us know of your results,
Best wishes, Cheryl Kemp Education and Workshop Coordinator Biodynamic AgriCulture Australia Phone /Fax : 02 6657 5322 Home: 02 6657 5306 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.biodynamics.net.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 5:57 AM Subject: snake peppers > Morning all, > > With the rain has come the cooler temps, but still it is March and many > snakes are on the move for a mate. Have managed to obtain a copperhead > snake which my wonderful dog killed, before it headed into the laundry. > Have spent some time thinking about the right time to catch a snake, the > answer as far as I'm concerned is never, but when one lands in your laundry > door, then it's time to make use of it. The copperheads are numerous in > these parts and have stopped me some years from working in the garden. Only > want to put the pepper around the house yard and food gardens, they can have > the rest of the land. > > Unable to bring myself to skin the snake, so have allowed the maggots, wasps > and ants to remove the innards. It is at this point that I am unsure of > what to do to make a pepper. Even unsure if whether or not leaving it to > the insects was the right thing to do? The skin is still in good nick. > > Have read previous posts on ashing and have lost the attachment Cheryl Kemp > sent to me on snake peppers, and the questions keep coming, such as: Once > turned to ash how long is the pepper good for? Is it best to keep in ash > form or potenise for storage. What colour should the ash finish at, and > would burning it out on the plough disc BBQ, with a lid over it be good > enough? Do I apply it around the perimeter or over the land I want > protected? > > Any answers, experience or suggested reading would be greatly appreciated, > Thanks. > > L&L > Liz > > > >
