From: "Garuda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:02:46 +1300
Re: to Jane SherryYes Moon Venus Saturn Pluto is the next few days
Power issues, control, emotional sensitivity, bottom lines are challenged
all this week. Any persecutor, victim, saviour issues should be on display.
Perry,
Oustanding site: <> thank you! -- looks like I can put together the bubbler at the link
you provided
earlier(www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/recycle/Tea/tea1.htm)
for a grand total of less than $US12.00 (not counting the 2 5-gallon pails,
which I already have, s/h for the a
Points well take, Martha and Friendly Moderator :), regarding digests vs.
individual posts, but since i'm lucky if i can do email as much as once per
24 hrs, I don't think my conversation will lag much more with digests, and
w/my slow modem, it saves time to open only one document than what loo
check with the people at Seeds of Change, also www.seedsofchange.com
They have offered these seeds for years.
-Allan
I've got my wires x-d again.
Will things that compost just soaking in an ocassionally stirred
barrel is good for curing foliar diseases. It is my impression that
he thinks it is actually better, perhaps simply because it is easier
and cheaper to make than the aerated variety. He also thinks tha
Nelson Jacomel Junior wrote:
Florianopolis, SC, Brasil
January 30, 2003.
Dear friends:
I've searched our archives loking for the subject but found nothing.
All I have on amaranthus is it's high in nitrogen, likes loose friable
soils and dislikes some other cereal crops such as wheat and rye.
1. Did Steiner really intend BD502-507 to be used solely in compost
manufacture?
2. Did he identify equisetum as BD508 or was it someone else?
3. Is there a 'missing' BD509? If so, what might it and its purpose be?
*
Someone told me once, or I have read it and forgotten where,
Friends -
You can listen to the Alan York presentation from yesterday's PENN
STATE Alternative Viticulture Conference in Middleburg, PA at the BD
Now! pages now.
The title of Mr. York's presentation is:
"The Role of Viticulture in Successful Organic/BioDynamic Production
and Organizing Princi
I saw quinoa growing in Bolivia at very high altitude a few years ago - maybe you
should search the national herbarium there. Best of luck it seemed the most
resiliant and nutritious plant ever.
Nelson Jacomel Junior wrote:
> Florianopolis, SC, Brasil
> January 30, 2003.
> Dear friends:
> I've s
Florianopolis, SC, Brasil
January 30, 2003.
Dear friends:
I've searched our archives loking for the subject but found nothing. Amaranthus
and quinoa has been introduced in Brasil some years ago. I've studied the
plants with some search in the net and data gathered in Smartt & Simmonds's
"Evoluti
Its
just a shame though that these stories, just like mine, of achieving frost
tolerance in wheat via high brix, are anecdotal and dont count!! (sorry
Laura and Bill I believe you just like you would probably believe my brix
thing)
Lloyd et al - For the purposes of AY's request, it's fine if the
Digest really becomes frusterating and extremely bulky when so
few people will actually refrain from copying out entire emails to
which they're responding. Eventually, some digests may contain
ONE solid new piece of information along with re re re re (and
BDNOW posts can be lengthy on their own
Your friendly moderator says:
With a digest-mode you lose the spontaeity of conversation and
receive you message in bulk. This, I assume, doesn't matter if you
are only reading your messages occasionally.
Listproc's definition of 'digest':
New messages are not sent to you as they arrive, but a
Laura -
It was my understanding that downy mildew is the easiest to control
with compost teas. The issue was whether compost tea would replace
sulpher in an overall vineyard disease management program, not
whether it could control downy mildew. The 3 seasons requirement of
the original questio
Allan,
did Will say what kinds of studies or testing ?
thanks,
daniel
will operates Woods End Lab, one of the oldest soil and microbiology
labs in the country. Apparently he has published research on this
topic in BIODYNAMICS. I'm searching for the article and will let you
know more about it
Allan Balliet wrote> (bravely)
> Blame this one on me, folks, but one of the most astounding upshots
> of this week's conference was the chance to meet with experienced
> growers who have worked with compost tea and who have found teas to
> be much less effective than we have heard people proclaim
Allan
I wish I had gone to that conference but it was just a day after our own
Guelph Organic Conference.
We worked with Dr. Elaine Ingham and used Aerobic Compost tea all last
season. I removed copper from our vineyard spray program entirely. For 20+
acres we used less than 50 pounds of sulphu
Allan,
did Will say what kinds of studies or testing ?
thanks,
daniel
- Original Message -
From: "Allan Balliett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: COMPOST TEA was Re: Perry's recnt posts
> > "good compost tea has all the
Hi,
***Perry, is there an equally simple way to get a digest form of the
list emails?
Allan??? ... I don't know how digest works...*** What is an
airstone?
It a manmade porous stone for aerating aquariums or tanks.
Check out www.aquaticeco.com there's everything
you can imagine to do with
"good compost tea has all the microbiology a person needs for controlling
foliar disease - WITHOUT BREWING IT other than we do already."
does this meaning stirring or just letting compost soak in water?
This is a 'typo,' buddy. Will was saying that good BARREL COMPOST
(BC) has everything we ne
Alan,
thanks for this post, I find it very interesting. I have been interested in
compost teas for some time and have played with a brewer of my own creation.
When Will Brinton said,
"good compost tea has all the microbiology a person needs for controlling
foliar disease - WITHOUT BREWING IT o
I was hoping someone could expound on the period of crystallization that
is occurring now. Whatfor and how.
What changes are some of you doing now regarding prep applications now vs
other times of the year. Would one want to alter application (let's say
501 on the soil in the evening), or just ram
Blame this one on me, folks, but one of the most astounding upshots
of this week's conference was the chance to meet with experienced
growers who have worked with compost tea and who have found teas to
be much less effective than we have heard people proclaim them to be.
Alan York asks people t
News Update From The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
--
Dear News Update Subscribers,
As we reported in our last News Update, the wheat industry is having
their annual meeting this week. The news coming out of the
Hi, Perry, you gave some appreciated info in 2 recent posts... here's a
couple followup questions:
<<"Perry Clutts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
BD NOW!! subscribe/unsubscribe
Date : Tue, 28 Jan 2003 07:56:01 -0500
The BDNOW E-mail list is open to all. Subscribing is easy: ...
Thursday: Thanks to prkerjake, moen creek and Gil for observations
about the microcosm mirroring the macrocosm. Your gentle understanding
helped me to forgive myself for my harsh reaction, yet recognize where
it came from and deal with the cause in an effective, but gentle way
with good result.
Perhaps that is the real
reason people don't speak up, for fear of being blasted.
I'd like to address this one final time. the 'lurkers' I'm referring
to are people who have approached me at conferences and have told me
that they do not contribute to BD Now! because they know they would
speak
Hi Allan,
I also need to ask you if you don't think the drop outs & lurker problem
might be connected to the rude way in which people who speak their mind are
attacked on this list? You started a thread about lurkers and folks who
don't speak up, creating a climate of fear and people are so quick t
Steve's right. This was an incredible event. So good to see how
pragmatism will overcome dogmatism in the right cricles! Alan York is
a very well respected viticulturist. He gave an incredible
presentation, which he entitled 'Holistic Estate Management.' York,
as you probably know, has a very s
Sometimes even the strongest language isn't enough...
Juggernaut Rising: Part Four
America the Hideous
By Diane Harvey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The United States of America is about to murder, in cold blood, a large
number of hungry, ragged and generally debilitated human beings. An enormous
army
Just home from Harrisburg, PA where the Cornell Extension hosted their first
Organic / biodynamic viticulture conference. Speakers on biodynamics
included Gunther Hauk from the Pfeiffer Center, Alan York of Hopland
California. Alan has extensive vineyard experience and has acheived Demeter
Ce
HI I AM NEW HERE. The following is a clipping from the USDA organic rules.
"The National Organic Program Final Rule does not allow the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), including genetically engineered crops. Because of extensive trialing worldwide of about 2 dozen GMO crops, many scie
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