Re: Questions on posts for our orchard & chook yards

2002-09-11 Thread Lloyd Charles
> > A method used with bamboos could be worth trying. To stop insect attack, the > fresh bamboo is cut and stood in a trough of water with Borax. The leaves are > still on the bamboo, to maintain some respiration. The borax is drawn up the > bamboo and gives long protection. > > As a method of pr

"Terra Preta" from Atlantic Monthly

2002-09-11 Thread Allan Balliett
That incredible '1491' story about pre-contact Americas is avail on-line at http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/03/mann.htm Read it. It will give you a good sense for 'how little we know about what we know.' The stuff on the self-perpetuating mega-fetile topsoil of the Amazons (news to you?

Re: Questions on posts for our orchard & chook yards

2002-09-11 Thread Gil Robertson
Hi! Cheryl and Lloyd, Some timbers worth looking for are:- Iron Bark, this is an amazingly hard Eucalypt. It is easiest worked with a tungsten tipped chain saw. Hole would be easier if using a tungsten tipped masonry bit, resharpened to a wood cutting angle. Some of the Melaleucas, particularly th

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

2002-09-11 Thread Gil Robertson
Hi! Patti, I rely on Radio for my daily information. I normally have it on the local station of the national broadcaster for all my waking hours, but have been turning it off the last few days because of the well orchestrated propaganda intended to try and soften us up for the planned commercial e

Re: poison ivy / archive

2002-09-11 Thread Lloyd Charles
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: poison ivy Having recalled a discussion about various ways to deal with poison ivy earlier this summer, I have just spent a while scrolling through the archives but have been unable to find anything Cordelia There were some posts on

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

2002-09-11 Thread Patti Berg
Ditto, Gil. The quality of my life has increased since disconnecting the cable some 3 1/2 years ago. Patti. Gil Robertson wrote: > > Maybe they should follow my lead. I have three TVs, but no antenna. I have > VCRs on them and when some one thinks I should watch something, they record i

Re: poison ivy

2002-09-11 Thread kentjamescarson
Title: FW: [globalnews] GM Wheat Portends Disaster for Great Plains  My only advice Cordelia, is to find someone who is not allergic and hire them to did it out, alter the frost, making sure you get all the roots. the only other way being peppers  or poisons . perhaps fencing it and running h

poison ivy

2002-09-11 Thread cordelia
Title: FW: [globalnews] GM Wheat Portends Disaster for Great Plains   - Original Message - Dear BDNowers,   Having recalled a discussion about various ways to deal with poison ivy earlier this summer, I have just spent a while scrolling through the archives but have been

FW: [globalnews] Jesus Christ Misunderstood: He Was a NonViolentResister Against Roman Empire

2002-09-11 Thread Jane Sherry
Title: FW: [globalnews] Jesus Christ Misunderstood: He Was a NonViolent Resister Against Roman Empire YES! Magazine Winter 2001-2002     Can Love Save the World? by Walter Wink "I don't see myself as a pacifist. I see myself rather as a violent person trying to become nonviolent" Michael Ke

Re: Questions on posts for our orchard & chook yards

2002-09-11 Thread Lloyd Charles
- Original Message - From: Cheryl Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 2:48 PM Subject: Fw: Questions on posts for our orchard & chook yards > For Gil and Lloyd, > I have had this question from a new member, and just looking over the > dis

FW: [globalnews] Please HELP Tibetan Refugee Children -- Here'sHow!!!!

2002-09-11 Thread Jane Sherry
Title: FW: [globalnews] Please HELP Tibetan Refugee Children -- Here's How (This is from our friend Dr. Marsha. Please forward wherever you think it may help...thanks, Jane) --- The Tibetan Refu

OT:FW: [globalnews] Solara's Surf Report

2002-09-11 Thread Jane Sherry
Title: OT:FW: [globalnews] Solara's Surf Report SEPTEMBER 2002: DIVING FOR THE PEARL Updated September 5, 2002 About the Surf Reports: Each month I receive anxious emails wondering where the Surf Report is or why it is late? The Surf Reports are based on my intuitive feelings of the energies

Protection & Clearing of Negativity: was a 9-11 reminder...

2002-09-11 Thread Moen Creek
The following Technique is from and I have found item very useful. Blessings In Love & Light Markess - THE HEALING PRINCIPLES OF CHIRON COMPILED IN 1988 BY ANDREW AND TREVOR CREED ISBN No.: 0 646 28969 1 ~ Copyright 1988 Chironic Enterprises Pty. Ltd. A C.N. 007 354 X23 120-122 Merri St

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

2002-09-11 Thread Gil Robertson
Maybe they should follow my lead. I have three TVs, but no antenna. I have VCRs on them and when some one thinks I should watch something, they record it and drop the tape in. Gil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 9/10/02 9:13:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << This could be as

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

2002-09-11 Thread SBruno75
In a message dated 9/10/02 9:13:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << This could be as simple as increasing the number of people voting. >> If you get Americans to turn off the TV we will get them to vote...sstorch

Re: War of All against All

2002-09-11 Thread SBruno75
In a message dated 9/10/02 8:55:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Things could get worse..and sure enough...things got worse! >> >From what I understand we are about 2000-2500 years away from that. Unless time has compressed sooo much that we are there now. I was hoping that

Re: Fw: Questions on posts for our orchard & chook yards

2002-09-11 Thread Gil Robertson
Hi! Cheryl, There are a number of timbers called "cypress". Some are pretty durable while others less so. Soil type can also be a factor. So local knowledge is required. A timber that will stand in an acid soil may not last in alkaline and vice versa. More information would be required. The Nativ