Re: equisetum

2002-10-14 Thread Mary Ann Skillman
>>allen ,you do what you want in your life , i don't endorse that >>disrestectful view of women, nor do i want to allow it in my home, >>or teach >>my son that it's ok . there is nothing natural in that photo. >>regretfully >>you had better unsubcribe us.:)sharon > >Sharon - Don't focus on t

RE: Industrial Timber Plantations - Sustainable?

2002-10-14 Thread Rex Teague
On 14 Oct 02, Philip Owen wrote: > Begging your pardon, I would insist that grasslands are the climax > vegetation for the region, having evolved over at least 200 million > years. ---8<--- On Lawrence London's Permaculture list, Mark Ludwig is a strong advocate of US prairielands. Inspection of

Re: Not a new BD web site

2002-10-14 Thread Allan Balliett
Only if they start marketing their products in health food stores. It looks like our friend who used to 'own' biodynamics.org failed to renew it and one of those sleazo domain name companies now owns it. This is all my fault, of course. I'm the person who pushed the BDA into buying .biodyn

Re: Not a new BD web site

2002-10-14 Thread Roger Pye
Trem, Chris wrote: > http://www.biodynamics.org/ > > Where did this site come from? I think Demeter will want to sue these > people for illegally using their trademarked name. > > -CT > there are very few rules on the internet. provided a domain-name is not registered with any domain-issuing bo

Re: grasses

2002-10-14 Thread Roger Pye
COYOTEHILLFARM wrote: >Is this a study that one can read some where ?? >Why mulch/straw ratter than wood chips ?? > >Companion planting with grapes any info?? > I have a poor photocopy of it somewhere and I'm looking for it. Grass-type mulches hold more moisture and retain it longer than wood c

Not a new BD web site

2002-10-14 Thread Trem, Chris
http://www.biodynamics.org/ Where did this site come from? I think Demeter will want to sue these people for illegally using their trademarked name. -CT

The Stakes

2002-10-14 Thread Allan Balliett
Published on Wednesday, October 9, 2002 by CommonDreams.org In the 2002 Election, The Issue is Unchecked Power by Harvey Wasserman Is this the most important election in US history? With his TV talk of war, George W. Bush has blown smoke over what's really at stake today:

Re: equisetum

2002-10-14 Thread Allan Balliett
It's my obligation as the moderator of this group to inform everyone that some may find the pictures of equisetum at the link below offensive. I can't retract the earlier post, but I can say I apologize to anyone that I inadvertently offended and I hearby warn the rest that they enter the ques

equisetum

2002-10-14 Thread Dave Robison
At 12:04 PM 10/13/2002 -0400, Allen wrote: There's a good photo display of hyemale at http://members.eunet.at/m.matus/e_berkley.html Gee, Allen. No wonder you had trouble identifying the plants. I did recognize a couple of the homo sapiens but found it rather difficult to focus on plant characteri

equisetum

2002-10-14 Thread Dave Robison
At 12:04 PM 10/13/2002 -0400, Allen wrote: I remain pretty confused about identifying the varities of equisetum. As far as I can determing, both Hymale and Arvense appear in BOTH forms, the bush 'pine tree' and the leaveless 'snake grass' or 'joint-grass.' Chadwick says that arvense is the only eq

Re: grasses

2002-10-14 Thread COYOTEHILLFARM
Hi Roger Is this a study that one can read some where ?? Why mulch/straw ratter than wood chips ?? Companion planting with grapes any info?? Thanks Per Garp/NH - Original Message - From: "Roger Pye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 07:48 AM Sub

Re: equisetum

2002-10-14 Thread Allan Balliett
>allen ,you do what you want in your life , i don't endorse that >disrestectful view of women, nor do i want to allow it in my home, or teach >my son that it's ok . there is nothing natural in that photo. regretfully >you had better unsubcribe us.:)sharon Sharon - Don't focus on the bad in life,

Re: equisetum

2002-10-14 Thread kentjamescarson
allen ,you do what you want in your life , i don't endorse that disrestectful view of women, nor do i want to allow it in my home, or teach my son that it's ok . there is nothing natural in that photo. regretfully you had better unsubcribe us.:)sharon - Original Message - From: "Allan Ball

RE: Industrial Timber Plantations - Sustainable?

2002-10-14 Thread Philip Owen
Hi Robin Thanks for your comments. Begging your pardon, I would insist that grasslands are the climax vegetation for the region, having evolved over at least 200 million years. You are right in saying that fires play a major role in the formation of grassland; naturally (and ideally) fires should

Re: forest to farm

2002-10-14 Thread Hugh Lovel
Dear Robin, I think you'd find exceptions, such as some of the biodynamic and organic coffee farms where the coffee tree is grown back in its original place as a forest under story tree. A Large exception is affoot as the result of the work of one of the speakers at Allan's conference, Howard Sha

Re: virus??

2002-10-14 Thread Allan Balliett
>Lloyd, > >I don't believe these are viral emails - more likely Manda Pie IS >the recipient of viral emails from someone with a bdnow connection >and she is trying to tell us something. If you check out >http://www.seedsforanewhumanity.org/ you will see there is an >artist named Manda Pie fr

Re: equisetum

2002-10-14 Thread Allan Balliett
>Allen i can't believe you sent that site! I can't believe I found that site! ;-) Ah, Nature!!