Re: Impact BD Practices

2002-10-28 Thread manfred palmer
. If the document (fairly academic) sounds interesting for you, i could obtain a copy and forward to you if you can wait a while. ? ...manfred palmer - Original Message - From: Nelson Jacomel Junior [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 9:38 AM Subject: Impact BD

fwd 3-F event

2002-10-15 Thread manfred palmer
- Original Message - From: Linda Nagel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:36 PM Subject: Reminder: Colours of Money Reminder: Colours of Money ; An Introduction to Associative Economics 3 day seminar Oct 18-20th ALSO 2 Evening Lectures Oct 18th 8 p.m. Oct 19th 8

Re: Tillers

2002-10-09 Thread manfred palmer
Allan: Yeah, ive got 3-4 Troy carcasses stored .. waiting for when i have the time to adapt them for specialized uses. I've been quite impressed with my BCS, and i keep it around for skimming a rough surface to make a seed bed in smaller areas; as well as a tote gote for various jobs. Made a

ON:posting bio-dynamic relevance

2002-04-27 Thread Manfred Palmer
godforbid i should take issue with any possible rightist warrior, being concerned as i am with bio-dynamic balance in all things in which our lives resonate. Re-attaining this is the where all Real warrior essence does/should constrain. Simply simulating the past destructive version (left-right

Re: poison oak

2002-04-12 Thread Manfred Palmer
Deborah : I've not tried it, but am merely speculating that a witchhazel dilution may give some relief. In canada, they even sell it in the drugstores. manfred - Original Message - From: Deborah Byron [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 7:28 AM

Re: Plant!

2002-03-29 Thread Manfred Palmer
Hi Gil: Congratulations! ..not that i want to pry into your bedroom, ...but how are you constructing your bed? ...with floating slats...futon matress? I've made a couple of beauties myself... always for customers,.. and i hope too this year that i can justify the cost of materials..which

Re:Testing preps?

2002-03-20 Thread Manfred Palmer
- Original Message - From: Rural Center for Responsible Living [EMAIL PROTECTED] that the house is not dirty because it has flies in it; the flies are there because the house is dirty. So the preps dirty up the house a bit, and then the bacteria come. Christy Christy: ... thanks

Re: Gardening Shed Advice (?)

2002-03-18 Thread Manfred Palmer
Allan : As it happens, i'm just completing an 11x20 garage for a friend, intending dual use for car and shop/shed therefore has a poured concrete floorwhich you don't need. I' ve built sheds from this size right down to 4x4, most movable/portable. I use what i describe here plus ...2 old

Re: Gardening Shed Advice (?)

2002-03-18 Thread Manfred Palmer
Alan : that helps a bit more. The critical factor is not so much the cold, but what moisture content is average to conduct its damaging aspects with coldor conditions producing condensation. The plastic barrier i mentioned is the prerequisite for the whole area.You can always add some

Re: Planting Spuds - what is a spader?

2002-03-17 Thread Manfred Palmer
Stephen : A spading machine is a PTO -driven implement designed to approximate the effect of proven smaller-scale hand double-digging for the purpose of deeper aeration, and effective integration of organic matter. These are built as walk-behind driven machines or to attach behind the

Re: Planting Spuds - How do you do it?

2002-03-11 Thread Manfred Palmer
Re :Spuds. Ive used Kristy's procedure, and covered with straw..6. Mice got a little. but they were sure clean. Most migrated upwards a little into the straw. I'm assuming you use the method known in some bd circles : that of cutting a square plug (about an inch square +/- )around the individual

Re: Copper garden tools, ..still

2002-03-02 Thread Manfred Palmer
Folks : I checked with Lee Valley Tools, and apparently they don't carry the copper-button Hoe anymore. I've requested info on their old stock. I remember it more as a large copper rivet whose sloughing-off would be much less imposing than sprinkling around filings of copper, methinks.

Off: FW: Corn Rootworms Pose First Challenge to Decades

2002-02-28 Thread Manfred Palmer
Wayne, ..just thought this might evoke a tragic chuckle, while considering the losing chess game of scientific farming. - Original Message - From: Lon J. Rombough [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 8:39 AM Subject: FW: Corn Rootworms Pose First

Re: Wired! Insect deterrents

2002-02-27 Thread Manfred Palmer
Tom: Maybe your example relates to the anti-fungal effect of those metals' trace elements on/in the soil. There is a French Hoe sold locally which has an embedded copper disc which eventually would touch most of a cultivated garden. There has been mention made of a plow with the same

OFF:Re: Wired! Insect deterrents

2002-02-27 Thread Manfred Palmer
Lloyd : Thanks for that about the suspended wire. What about using a coiled spring of appropriate gauge at one end to maintain tautness, yet give enough for expanding and contracting dogs?.. manfred - Original Message - From: Lloyd Charles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Elaine Ingham/lab-facility/Canada?

2002-02-13 Thread Manfred Palmer
Dear Elaine : Are there also plans to facilitate a soiltesting lab of your genre in Canada sometime soon?thanks, manfred palmer

Re: introduction and a WHOLE lotta questions

2002-02-10 Thread Manfred Palmer
Hi Woody: Yes, it's preferable to make the compost outside, incorporatingother material,and in shaped mounds. I guess i didn't assume that there was a frontend loader on hand, or barn-access for such. And, sensing the broad ambitions/schedule of Jennifer and her husband, didn't assume this

Re: Tractor Turnaround space Re: introduction and a WHOLE lotta questions

2002-02-10 Thread Manfred Palmer
Hi Allan : How long are your rows? Mine are 2 sets of about 75-90 ft.More than that, and you discourage your help (no-end-in-sight) in planting/harvesting. Less than that, and i would have had to allocate another permanent path. Do you have a treed perimeter, or plan on one? I have an

Maria Thun/Quebec

2002-02-07 Thread Manfred Palmer
just received this notice of Maria Thun to be presenting in Quebec, Canada. (Don't know if she will present in German,French,or English) ..manfred --- Maria Thun23-24-25 mar. 2002 Cégep de

OFF: sust.mining?! FW: New Crop Can Mine Nickel at a Low Cost

2002-01-09 Thread Manfred Palmer
BDers: This reminded me of the potential for abuse when science stumbles onto yet another more efficient means of doing human bidding by a more direct Life-process. Let them not discover too quickly/unqualifiedly the various plant/colour/metal/planet correlations... manfred -

Event Info-Ontario,Canada

2001-12-31 Thread Manfred Palmer
Folks, As Allan generally requested a while back, i submit this: The annual Guelph organic conference/tradeshow occurs mainly on JAN.26/272002. See [EMAIL PROTECTED] My main reason for this is that Hugh Lovel is booked to present a 2-hour basic (as billed )..."Biodynamics"...or quantum