Re: Flow forms and compost tea

2002-05-06 Thread Allan Balliett
>Instead of stirring, I run water plus prep (for spraying or compost heap, >not to make tea) through a cascade of flowforms for about 10 mins. Do I win >both ways or get the booby prize ? Tony N-S. How did you arrive at 10 minutes, Tony. Not saying I'm right, of course, but I'v

Re: A Neo-agrarian culture

2002-05-06 Thread Rex Teague
On 6 May 02, Anthony Nelson-Smith wrote: > Thanks, Christy, for the notes on Wes Jackson's talk. On a minor > point, I picked up on the '1 nuclear accident every 10 years' > estimate. As a coastal marine ecologist, I figured out that (around > the NW European coastline) we have averaged one sev

Re: Flow forms and compost tea

2002-05-06 Thread Anthony Nelson-Smith
Instead of stirring, I run water plus prep (for spraying or compost heap, not to make tea) through a cascade of flowforms for about 10 mins. Do I win both ways or get the booby prize ? Tony N-S.

Re: A Neo-agrarian culture

2002-05-06 Thread Anthony Nelson-Smith
Thanks, Christy, for the notes on Wes Jackson's talk.  On a minor point, I picked up on the '1 nuclear accident every 10 years' estimate.  As a coastal marine ecologist, I figured out that (around the NW European coastline) we have averaged one severe winter and one serious oil-spill every t

Re: Flow forms and compost tea

2002-05-06 Thread SBruno75
There is a big difference between the Steiner remedies and compost tea. The truth is, that I have restored our farm with cold well or rain water. I can count on one hand how many times I have used warm water. Rudy sez that you may want to use warm water, not mandatory, for those who plung t

Re: A Neo-agrarian culture

2002-05-06 Thread Allan Balliett
Christy - Thanks for taking the time to make this good post on the Neo-Agrarianism event. I discovered this good Wendell Berry page this morning: http://brtom.org/berry.html There's a lot of good stuff here. Check out the links page, it points to more good information by and about Wes Jackson