Re: sealant for cut tree limb?

2002-12-21 Thread Peter Michael Bacchus
The last new moon or the next would have been better. Walnuts bleed copiously if cut in the spring. I had a neighbour in Hastings, N.Z. who cut one at the wrong time and the sap ran, not dripped, for over a week before it slowed down. The tree went on to grow vigorously next season and

Re: what about honey?

2002-12-21 Thread Tony Nelson-Smith
To elaborate on Gil's reply, honey contains an enzyme which produces peroxide, an antibacterial agent. It has thus been widely used as a wound dressing in folk medicine and in emergency. It carries the additional advantage of being hygroscopic (ie, it takes up water and thus doesn't dry

Re: grasp the nettle

2002-12-21 Thread Tony Nelson-Smith
Martha writes: If you grab the plant quickly and firmly enough the stinging hairs are crushed before they can pierce the skin... So it is said; however, when I firmly grasp a number of small plants during hand-weeding, I soon become aware that nettles are present! Do you remember that someone

Happy Solstice -- Greetings from Aurora Farm

2002-12-21 Thread Aurora Farm
Dear Friends: May the blessings of the Landscape Devas, wherever you are, suffuse your work on the land. May the Nature Spirits acknowledge your stewardship and thrive on your best intentions. May the Light of the Etheric Web bring Joy to your heart as you sow and harvest. May the Life of

Re: Do you Hear what I hear?

2002-12-21 Thread Roger Pye
Moen Creek wrote: The Sun, the Sun, sleeping Solstice Night Will return with goodness and Light Will return with goodness and Light ! Amen to that, Mark and Linda, and be assured that the Sun will return. roger in Canberra, Oz, where the living room