Dave Robison!
Last fall you wrote about making new style 501, mixing in local soil, with Andrew
Lorand. Have the Oregon BD Group members started using it yet? What are the results?
Pam
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Hello friends,
I have a lot of horsetail coming up. Do I want the single shoot, or do I wait for the
feathery leaves, which are starting to show. Are there different uses/applications for
the shoot versus the leaves?
Thanks,
Pam
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In a message dated 5/17/02 5:36:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
oes anyone have any experience with soaking seeds in prep solutions before
planting? If so, what is the method you use, and what results do you get?
And how do you decide which prep(s) to use?
This can be tricky. You need
Why do you want to shred something so small??? It would be gone soon anyway.
If it is not done, screen and re-compost. You would be better of with a
slow moving heavy weight roller to crush and expose more surface area, less
parts to wear and bend and fix. SStorch
Hi Lloyd,
Thanks for the reply. I was asked about the organic application of this
technology by a plant-pathologist who is in-conversion to organic in her
way of thinking and working. She mentioned growing cabbages, cauliflower
and broccoli, harvesting the usable portions, then leaving the
Another contact for beehive design is Ron Breland in West Nyack, NY (near the
Threefold Community). He has been developing incredible hives based on the
Steiner beekeeping course and his own life-time experience. He has a project
going in upstate New York, near Harlemville, where a large tract
Steve - Pulling horsetail shoots damages the plant? I should be so lucky!
I approve of this plant in the right place, but not overwhelming my veg
patch. I've dug down three feet into my subsoil (solid glacial clay)
without coming to the end of its stolons - I've read that they can extend
The BBC Radio 4 'Today' news programme is currently getting excited about
purple carrots. Anchorman John Humphreys discovered that it's only the
outer skin which is purple, but is still flabbergasted by this novelty. Has
he never seen the top of a turnip or swede (rutabaga)? Tony N-S.
I find a small shredder (bought, not home-made!) invaluable for making shrub
trimmings up to about 3/4 diam, and often several feet long, suitable for
inclusion in compost. I can't see how else these could be processed? Tony
N-S.
At an Emerson College course in 1996 I was given a table copied from Applied
Biodynamics no 7 (Spring 1994) with the following information:
Place prep in a glass container with one litre of rainwater, stir for 5
mins, immerse seeds for one hour and then sow out.
500 for chard, spinach
502 for
My notes from the Upper MIdwest Orga. Farm. Conf. last
spring show that using yellow or white mustard as a
cover crop can be a good predecessor for potatoes.
Planting the yellow mustard in the fall results in
winter kill by Dec. Then the decomposing mustard puts
out a powerful gas that
I used to compost lawn clippings from a local mowing contractor. The main
problem I struck with the fine clippings was that it tended to pack down and
restrict the air in the pile. This made frequent turning necessary After
listening to E. Ingham and putting my brain into gear, I have come to the
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