Re: Storing Preps

2002-08-19 Thread Kent J Carson
hi all,.. it seems we've all had our learning experiences with storing preps. previously to this year we dug a 3'by 3' hole in the back of our masonry garage and buried a 5 gallon crock that had a slight crack in it, surrounding all sides with about 6' of dry peat. we went to the flea market

Re: Making 508

2002-08-19 Thread Kent J Carson
hi allen , did you ask about the smell ? i guess i've been doing it wrong too .this summer put the jugs in the greenhouse under a bench , but still to bright probably. i don't have crocks, can't afford antique prices , so i use glass that had organic apple juice in it. my understanding is that it

Re: Fw: Agriculture of Tomorrow and the Rudolf Steiner Archive

2002-08-18 Thread Kent J Carson
thanks allen for the book info , not sure i can afford it anytime soon. especially if i come to the conference. that was $150.00 by sept 1st, right. (i didnt write it down and still haven't figured out the pdf file thing.) send check to ? made out to? one more Question, no 2, what food is provid

Re: Fw: Agriculture of Tomorrow and the Rudolf Steiner Archive

2002-08-18 Thread Kent J Carson
Hello all, i went to the web site but there was no way to order from the booklist , is there as e-mail or snail mail address available , so that i may order the books from the Kolisko list?:)sharon - Original Message - From: "Teresa Seed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Fw: Agriculture of Tomorrow and the Rudolf Steiner Archive

2002-08-18 Thread Kent J Carson
- Original Message - From: "Teresa Seed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 11:11 AM Subject: Fwd: Fw: Agriculture of Tomorrow and the Rudolf Steiner Archive > > >From: "James D. Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: "James D. Stewart" <[EMAIL

Re: Taking another step.

2002-08-18 Thread Kent J Carson
dear patti, you have a wonderful resource there, with christy and hugh and jeff poppen in your backyard. i've always been a gardener, not a farmer.we first heard about biodynamics from an article in mother earth news , and a visit to kerry sullivans csa in kimperton pa, was enough to convince me

Re: Help with 508

2002-08-18 Thread Kent J Carson
allen , on 508, i simmer the horsetail in rainwater as to jpi's instuctions for 20 minutes ,then put it in glass gallon jugs with the horsetail in it , store it behind the woodstove in the kitchen.,for 6 weeks . when opened it smells like rotten eggs , a sulfur smell that even permeates into the

Re: OFF:FW: World Attitude towards the US

2002-08-15 Thread Kent J Carson
dear sstorch and all...WELL SAID! . Your comment reminds me of the book "Dumbing Us Down" "by john tayler gatto... so true...( by the way my computer finally complied and i took the eco footprints test got a 4.19 but that's mostly because i stay home and work in our garden most of t

Re: Eco-Footprints and Kolisko

2002-08-14 Thread Kent J Carson
dear fellow list members, i wish i could have taken the eco test, sorry to say my computer got there , but then got stuck and so i couldn't even take the test , a bit like my life i think... but i have found a horse trainer or she found me , so maybe thats what counts here and we'll figure out

Re: mid- summer dullness

2002-08-10 Thread Kent J Carson
thanks for the meditative message.. sounds like here ,but with horses not cows.for years we try to do more camomile to send to jpi and have here. This year , I thought it was going to happen with 200 robust seedlings, then i went away for a few days and there was a drought I've got some , pro

Re: Kolisko's Work was Re: Viability of Homeopathic Potencies

2002-08-10 Thread Kent J Carson
hi allen, lightning struck here in the process of bringing a bit of rain,and also blitzed the computer connection,so i've been unconnected. I'd always have heard about Kolisko but never read the work, barely having a handle on all the other bd related reading. Not everyone is at the same place

conference

2002-08-03 Thread Kent J Carson
dear allen sorry about the confusion and i'll be sure to change the subject before i reply . i spent 1/2 hour trying to figure out how to download an adode acrobat , unsucsessfully, so i was unable to open your attachments on the conference. .. on the sprayer subject.. i'm getting

Re: Birchmeier was Spray Nozzles and Sprayers help

2002-08-02 Thread Kent J Carson
--achhh what does that mean ?:)sharon ... i don't know computerese well enough to figure out the atrtachments , bareely the humor. ,you'll have tpo walk me through it.. please speak english to this simple soul in terms of the conference . you can also feel wecome to just call me. :) s - Origin

Re: Spray Nozzles and Sprayers help

2002-08-02 Thread Kent J Carson
Title: Re: Spray Nozzles and Sprayers  help  thanks so much all :) sharon - Original Message - From: Daniel Bridler To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 5:36 PM Subject: Re: Spray Nozzles and Sprayers help From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Reply-To: [EM

Re: Spray Nozzles and Sprayers was Re: Sequential spraying for rain & equisetums role

2002-07-31 Thread Kent J Carson
hi all.. do you have an address to get the Birchier sprayer that you prefer SSorch? ):sharon - Origina:l Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:56 PM Subject: Re: Spray Nozzles and Sprayers was Re: Sequential spraying for rain

Re: Making Fresh Nettle Tea/ seeds

2002-07-28 Thread Kent J Carson
hi allen I agree with hugh about the seed source, in the experimental work ongoing here seeds do make a big difference which is why i like to grow my own . i'd be glad to donate some of my seed to you for you to trial next to whatever you plant to see if you see a difference . I noticed when i g

Re: FW: [globalnews] Stop the Corporate Takeover of our Water

2002-07-26 Thread Kent J Carson
well said SSorch - thats exactly what we're doing ... until the populace wakes up ... been waiting for years here question is how does one find a n awakened populace?--like to meet you in person! :)sharon-- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday

Re: Cabbage Worm (?)reply

2002-07-16 Thread Kent J Carson
hello thomas , i used to garden at several sites in northern n.m. about 25 years ago. what you have is cabbage worms (they are green ) you might be blessed as well someday by army worms they come in a sort of camo color.. we don't use b.t., though i think it is allowable on organic standards, bec

Re: Lily's life/ health.. and a wood chip story

2002-07-13 Thread Kent J Carson
to share a couple of storys that may be helpful to lilly..we had a woman thar came here with multiple sensitivities, she lived over by the ocean and thought it would be helpful to try our biodynamic food. Just driving inland and breathing the air of the industrial agriculture chicken industry whi

that's why i'm here.. to have a reply!

2002-07-07 Thread Kent J Carson
dear tony and all' so to change the subject ,,, how do you do more Walmart ect, has taken over, here,where does anyone find a market, growing up here in eastern ,usa. 4o years in one place, seeing the water issue for a long time, has an interest to me ;with any culture that h

Re: Changing the subject (was Should Australia go native ) reply

2002-07-06 Thread Kent J Carson
sorry tony about the confusion, i was relating to the last statement ,,anyone out there making preps? i personally have never been to austrailia , or even out of the country, but we do grow medicinal herbs from there. what is a nasty invasive plant to one ; is a food, medicine or thing of beauty

Fw: Should Australia go native- reply

2002-07-05 Thread Kent J Carson
- Original Message - From: "Kent J Carson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 10:08 PM Subject: Re: Should Australia go native? allen i didn't see this posted ... any problem?..sharon > good question, about pr

Re: Should Australia go native?

2002-07-03 Thread Kent J Carson
good question, about preps ,made508 , 507, 501 (a while back it lasts a long time,) working on 504, and b.c. and 500 .it 's hard to do when you don't have the land for cows and there aren't any with horns nearby. ... by the way, does anyone out there have a lead on fresh buffalo horn from a co

japanese beetle help

2002-06-24 Thread Kent J Carson
Robert, a while back ,I'm not sure which issue of "Applied Biodynamics" there was a formula for a repellant for Japanese beetles using goatsmilk and honey.. I never tried it ,as we stopped having problems with them. I'm not sure why, but I will share an experience with you all. We bought 4

Re:flaming ivy..

2002-06-15 Thread Kent J Carson
no adverse affects, we did it yesterday as well as in the spring ,but it was a small area and we were very careful to stay out of the smoke.. thanks for the warning however.. we will try the vinegar ,if it works sounds lots safer. :) sharon , k.c.- Original Message - From: "Tony Ne

Re: RoundUp what we do

2002-06-15 Thread Kent J Carson
. hello allen and all., we rarely see poison ivy here , in the past, when spotted it we dug it out when dormant . this past year however it has established itself on the fenceline between our place and a chemically farmed feild . we are flaming it , staying out of the smoke and will do the root re

Re: Help with Glycyrrhiza glabra when to plant?

2002-06-11 Thread Kent J Carson
my experience with licorice root... i planted the russian version , yes you should plant the chinese.i didn't and just harvestedthe 4 yr old russian root last fall and it taste way yukkie! it may have the same medicinals or not ,but it is an abdaptagene so i think taste is important. so plant it