Re: covers

Allen-I have never been able to grow favas here , maybe they needed a special innocculant.I tried several times with seed from Bountiful, as well as another place I can't remember. , perhaps fedco. The seed came up but just sat there and then died. I'm not used to that in our garden I thought it

Reich DOR-Buster Commercial Page

One of many exciting potentials at the Oct 4 BD Conference is hearing Reichian practitioner James DeMeo talk about the use of DOR-busters ('shooters') for clearing toxic vapors from the skies over crop land. I just found this page on a similar piece of apparatus which is used for clearing dead

Re: OT: Essence Question

I have a friend in Huntington who may know what to do with yew. I will call him this weekend and let you know what he says...sstorch

Re: Tree Essence Question

> Does anyone know of anyone making flower type essences from trees? Try Canadian Forest Tree Essences Inc. www.relaymail.net/cfte or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] They may not still be in business.

More on Terra Preta

Nothing really new here, except perhaps an effort to downgrade the intelligence of ancient Americans: http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DyeHard/dyehard.html?

OT: Essence Question

Hello All, Does anyone know of anyone making flower type essences from trees? Is anyone working with the Yew tree on this list, esp. among you Brits? We have a yew hedge with ripening berries. It keeps calling to me to do 'something' with it, but I am not sure how to progress. I am aware of taxol

Re: covers

>My other favorites are crimson clover (beautiful flower) and fava >bean -- both are digested fairly easily by the soil when you turn >them in. Dave - Have you found an affordable source for fava as a cover crop? What about mache? thanks, -Allan PS In one of the lecture tapes, Alan Chadwick s

OT: FW: [globalnews] 9/29-30 March Against War Wash. DC

Title: OT: FW: [globalnews] 9/29-30 March Against War Wash. DC PeaceAction.org http://www.peace-action.org/home/iraq/DCrally.html September 29 & 30, 2002 March Against War, Washington DC The new Bush doctrine of “pre-emptive attack” threatens global stability and sets a terrible

covers

At 12:03 PM 9/19/2002 -0400, Teresa wrote: Could anyone suggest a cover crop to shelter this ground and hold it together over the winter? Something to establish quick, or have I left it too late? Will rye germinate this late? I lie rye/vetch because the grass sets a huge amount of root hairs, addi

solar dryer

At 12:03 PM 9/19/2002 -0400, Rex wrote: Has any listee built and used the solar dehydrator developed by Lea? I'm interested in any feedback on its performance. I built the one that was based on a 55 gallon metal drum, encased in fiberglass. Is that the one you mean? It worked -- sort of. My concl

Re: Cover crop

SStorch wrote > > Well, we never use inoculants when planting legumes for cover crops, If this is working for you thats great but I think it is irresponsible to advocate this as good farming practice to others less fortunate on this list Do you have good nodule formation on your planted cover crop

sustainable H.S. Farm

Recently our high school inherited 175 acres to be used for agricultural education. I have been appointed to the advisory board for this land/project. There is a seasonal creek which runs thru the property and we would like to develop a riparian corridor etc.,as part of a sustainable, biodynami

Re: Cover crop

>>Mike, >> >>Forgot to mention that Michael Fields Institute is devoted to >>Biodynamic research. >>http://www.michaelfieldsaginst.org/ > >That's funny. I don't remember seeing any mention of biodynamics in >their recent mailings! -Allan Allan, So right you a

Re: Cover crop

In a message dated 9/19/02 10:53:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I understand that you have a SFI lab report on BD500. can you share it with us? >> Elaine has it, along with a whole set of compost preps I have given her, maybe she will share at the conference...sstorch

Re: Cover crop

In a message dated 9/19/02 9:47:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << This is a new one on me. I have never heard this claim before. I know that in Australia the inoculants for legumes do not occur naturally and I would doubt that BD preps would contain them. I'm happy to be wrong but I would l

Community Gardens Coup! (from the NYTimes )

Ending a Long Battle, New York Lets Housing and Gardens Grow By JENNIFER STEINHAUER protracted dispute between New York City and hundreds of community gardeners ended yesterday when the city agreed to preserve some 500 community gardens and use others to build more than 2,000 apartments during

From the NYTimes: Chefs Join Campaign Against Altered Fish

EATING WELL Chefs Join Campaign Against Altered Fish By MARIAN BURROS N a pre-emptive strike against the newest genetically engineered food, 200 chefs, grocers and seafood distributors across 40 states plan to announce today that they have pledged not to purchase fish that have been altered th

Cover crops

Thanks to Sharon, Mike and Gil for suggestions on cover crops and couch grass - I'll be trying them all. You're right, I'm sure it's not too late for sowing. Where I am is north-west England, wet and windy, mild winters. What prompted the query is the abysmal germination I've had this year on