Re: sudden oak death syndrome spreading

2002-09-06 Thread Moen Creek
Title: Re: sudden oak death syndrome spreading Peter, We have some Oak browning under our stewardship. I will try the dust. But I get that it is an enlarging aspect of global warming (the Red oak & Douglas fir have a narrow temp range)  exaggerated by Devic over souls who are inexperienced at ru

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2002-09-06 Thread Barbara Hedley
I have unsubscribed earlier but I am still overwhelmed with posts. Barbara

Re: OT:FW: [globalnews] 100 jets join attack on Iraq

2002-09-06 Thread kentjamescarson
last evening i too sprayed bc and 500 on just a 2 acre bit , girl from a farm in delaware., doing the same on a smaller scale .same thoughts though.. but i think i'm grateful for not having publicity. it can distract you from doing the work ! i just saw a copy of Gardening for Life by Maria Thu

Re: OT:FW: [globalnews] 100 jets join attack on Iraq

2002-09-06 Thread SBruno75
As I read this news I am not shocked or worried, it feels like the way I felt when I heard about the wtc attack, kind of empty. This evening I sprayed a bc - 500 mix on a twenty five acre field. We are starting to cover crop and put fields to bed for the Winter. It is the strangest of feelin

Re: sudden oak death syndrome spreading

2002-09-06 Thread Peter Michael Bacchus
The answer to this one is quite simple. Apply biodynamic remedies with volcanic rock dust and or compost tea. This sounds almost like the beginings of trees dieing of in Europes forests, which later became known as acid rain. The organism might be different but we need to look behind the organism

regeneration & OT USA?

2002-09-06 Thread Liz Davis
Hi Gil, James et al, The work you are doing sounds very interesting Gil. I've been asked by my local landcare group to follow up the lack of success of direct drilling native tree seeds into paddocks. Realising there could be a # of reasons for failure, almost feel as though I do not know where

Re: Field Broadcaster

2002-09-06 Thread Liz Davis
on 2/9/02 10:00 AM, Louise Berry at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am at Little hartley west of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, > Australia.. an area of approximately 40 acres > - Original Message - > From: "Lloyd Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday,

Re: dandelion wine

2002-09-06 Thread kentjamescarson
hi jane I'm a big fan of ms weed, and weeds in general, on year our dandy was to sweet , ous gooseberry too dry so i combined them and it was perfect . now my freinds come over and we do custom blends for them as Christmas gifts. sometimes however it is nice to have the force of the single thin

Re: downy mildew

2002-09-06 Thread kentjamescarson
Hi allen -life here in summer, muggy, delaware,my solution is to plant summer squash and curcubits 2or3 times and in different places. i've never tried it, but heard that a baking soda spray works. also heard that hugh courtney uses milk and honey for the powdery mildew problem. i've not tried t

Re: downy mildew

2002-09-06 Thread SBruno75
In a message dated 9/6/02 11:17:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << What do you make of it? Is there something that you would do differently next year to stop the outbreak rather than treat it? >> The plants were set in too close. I am not in control of the planting and they are just too cl

Re: woodchips/regeneration

2002-09-06 Thread Eve Cruse
> From: Gil Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 18:33:22 +0930 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: woodchips/regeneration > Gil wrote: > > Our current problem, if anyone can help is to find a way to make pellets > containing a single tree seed

OT:FW: [globalnews] 100 jets join attack on Iraq

2002-09-06 Thread Jane Sherry
Title: OT:FW: [globalnews] 100 jets join attack on Iraq I know there are those of you who would like to live on this list in the unreal vacuum of Agriculture only, but I feel it my duty to post these types of articles for those of you who are only exposed to mainstream news. Please don’t bother

FW: [globalnews] World Bank Pushes Water Privatization

2002-09-06 Thread Jane Sherry
Title: FW: [globalnews] World Bank Pushes Water Privatization Thirsty for Justice By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman, AlterNet September 5, 2002 Shown the folly of over-reliance on markets even in the world's richest country, the market fundamentalists at the World Bank are continuing th

FW: [globalnews] chants for peace 911 nyc

2002-09-06 Thread Jane Sherry
Title: FW: [globalnews] chants for peace 911 nyc Please join us in person if you are in New York City. Please join us in spirit if you are elsewhere. CHANTS FOR PEACE * CHANCE FOR PEACE SEPTEMBER 11, 2002 6:30 PM AT THE FOUNTAIN * GRAND ARMY PLAZA EXOTIC BROOKLYN (1, 2, 3 TRAIN TO GRAND ARM

Re: downy mildew

2002-09-06 Thread Allan Balliett
So, Steve, I'm not getting at you personally, so please don't take this the wrong way. It's my understanding that you use BC with 500 in it and that you spray 500 and 508 all the time and yet you have this fungal problem. What do you make of it? Is there something that you would do differentl

Re: woodchips/regeneration

2002-09-06 Thread James Hedley
Dear liz, You dont ned to worry about lupins when you study the research work of the CSIRO on unlocking Phosphorus with Silica. I have made many comments on this but it does not seem to be fashionable these days to use 501. Regards James Hedley. - Original Message - From: "Liz Davis" <[EMA

Eucalyptus

2002-09-06 Thread Lloyd Charles
Gil Robertson wrote I would note that leaf litter, when collected from under gum trees and placed in another area, do not have the ability to stop seeds germinating. It may be that the inhibiting factor actually comes from the roots! I use leaf litter for landsc

Re: downy mildew

2002-09-06 Thread Allan Balliett
>I say hit it at the earliest possible, THEN, when ever. Gotcha!

Re: sudden oak death syndrome spreading

2002-09-06 Thread SBruno75
as humanity descend syet further into scuminess more species are spiritually checking out, they will us alone in our misery...sstorch

Re: downy mildew

2002-09-06 Thread Gil Robertson
I say hit it at the earliest possible, THEN, when ever. Gil Allan Balliett wrote: > >Thanks Gil, I will try it, but I will stir it in the machine for twenty > >minutes first. Please define the geographic region that is OZ...thanks, > > Hey - Do you guys expect to hold this for a leaf day or to

Re: woodchips/regeneration

2002-09-06 Thread Gil Robertson
Hi! Liz and the team, I am part of a group of consultants in several parts of Oz and overseas, who are sharing within the group and each trying to market our collective knowledge, which can be a real problem as we are on the cutting edge and unfortunately it is human nature to use that which has a

Re: sudden oak death syndrome spreading

2002-09-06 Thread Gil Robertson
Hi! Patti, Thank you for posting this. But I am concerned about the Australian bit. Most damage to our hardwood forests is salinity through a rising water table, directly the result of mismanagement and gross over clearing. The other problem of more limited extent, is "Mundulla Yellows". Scienti

Re: Wood chips / regeneration

2002-09-06 Thread Gil Robertson
Roger Pye wrote: > Just a few more thoughts from a rebel of a different kind: Snip. > Right on Roger. I remember a farmer bringing a soil analysis to a workshop with Peter Bennett, the organic farm consultant. He had 0.01% carbon and a pH of 9.8. He had noticed his productivity was falling. G