Re: controlling mosquito population

2002-04-21 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
Hi Stacey, I don't thin efforts to contol them on just your property would be futile, but common sense says that the problems could lie in your neighborhood. Gil had some great ideas. I say go for the BAT BOX, or a couple. Someone else on this list probably knows how many mosquitos a bat will

Re: controlling mosquito population

2002-04-19 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
I didn't know that BT worked for mosquitos, I thought it was for catapillars? Unfortueately, many times there are no magic solutions, especially now that we have thrown the environment so out of balance.Controling the mosquito population on your land would most likely have to involve treating a

Re: Alex Podolinsky's THE BIG COUNTRY

2002-04-18 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
This video will be part of Gardening for the Future, a 6-week series of films and discussions the will include programs on Alan Chadwick, John Jeavons, Fukuoka, Mollison and a screening of LIFE IN THE SOIL. I hope you can plan to attend. All programs at 7pm on Thursday evenings in the

Re: Delicious Citrus

2002-04-18 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
the face of the farmer is a large part of what spiritual food distribution should be about, in my humble opinion. -Allan Dear Christy, The farm is Ladybug Oak Grove located in central Florida in the midst of the citrus belt. The farmer is John Krohn. He was inspired by and is a neighbor of

OFFFw: NEW VIDEO AVAILABLE

2002-04-18 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
Received this today. Its free! Christy - Original Message - From: Laurel Hopwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 12:08 PM Subject: NEW VIDEO AVAILABLE HEARTBREAK IN THE HEARTLAND: The True Cost of Genetically Engineered Crops In this 26 minute

Re: Morels

2002-04-17 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
Around here (Kentucky)they are called Dry Land Fish. Locals say soak em in salt and fry em in oil. Personally, we treat them just as you would any other mushrooms, saute lightly in a little butter, and add to what ever type of dish. The flavor is delicate. Chris and the girls came back with only

Re: Delicious Citrus

2002-04-16 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
Allan, Allan, you keep me so busy...I can find out. - Original Message - From: Allan Balliett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 2:43 PM Subject: Re: Delicious Citrus Now available while supplies last! Oranges and Ruby Red Grapefruits from Florida

Re: Australia farms

2002-04-16 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
Dear Cheryl, I wanted to let you know that I would like to use an excerpt from the post below in the biodynamic news section of Spiritual Science (formerly LILIPOH).Sounds like it was a great experience. I am working with Christine as the Biodynamic Editor of the magazine, so keep me in mind

Re: Australia farms

2002-04-16 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
Sorry everbody, should have been a private post, my mistake. - Original Message - From: Rural Center for Responsible Living [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 1:35 PM Subject: Re: Australia farms Dear Cheryl, I wanted to let you know that I would

Re: Delicious Citrus

2002-04-16 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
The face of the farmer is the wave of the future. When we know where our food comes from we develop a sense of place, a sense of caring and a moral responsibility to spend our money in a way that will support positive endeavors. Our food is not just an abstract substance from a laboratory/ farm,

LILIPOH Mag.

2002-03-22 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
BDNOW! readers might like to visit www.lilipoh.com and learn about LILIPOH, a great US based magazine that provides readers with an abundance of highly practical articles that reflect the anthroposophical approach to health. The health of childhood, the land, the body, soul and spirit are

Re:Testing preps?

2002-03-20 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
Testing of Pfieffer field spray and compost starter would be significant because of the potential scale for munincipal, or large scale use. Pfeiffer products are much more relative to bacterial innoculation. Meaning they are bred to be bacterial. But the preps we are not as concerned with the

Re: Planting Spuds - How do you do it?

2002-03-12 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
The Organic Gardening encyclopedia say 30# per 1000 sq ft on sand to 80# per 1000 sq ft on clay will raise the ph one unit. Having put about 4 tons to the ac of quarry siftings about 9 years ago I would say that their unit would be a raise from lets say 6.1 to 6.2. I would be a little more

Re: Planting Spuds - How do you do it?

2002-03-11 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
It's a little bit of work but less than mulching by hand. I dig a shallow trench with a potato plow, then put abut 11/2 of well aged compost in the trench and lay the seed on top of that. Then I cover them up with a cultivator. I think they respond well to the slightly more acidic nature of the

Re: Planting Spuds - How do you do it?

2002-03-11 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
No mulching. I've done both and find that loosening up the soil with cultivation to give better results. Chris It's a little bit of work but less than mulching by hand. I dig a shallow trench with a potato plow, then put abut 11/2 of well aged compost in the trench and lay the seed on top

Future of Agrarianism Transcripts

2002-03-11 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
Here is the reply to my inquiry regarding transcripts for the Future of Agrarianism Conference- Christy "You are not the first to make that suggestion. We do hope to publish the conference proceedings (revised and expanded) in book form down the road. As for tapes, we do plan to videotape

Re: Official BD in Brazil

2002-03-10 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
Dear Merla, Isn't there a whole community helping you with this project? Would you be spraying from a truck? National Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, 541-344-5044 (NCAP) in Oregon would be an excellent resource to refer you to already existing naturally managed roadside projects.

Re: Official BD in Brazil

2002-03-08 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
Dear Bonnie, Rudolf Steiner made it very clear in the lectures to farmers that the preparations were meant to enhance a sound animal based compost fertility management program. A production oriented farm would be more biodynamic to incorporate livestock for soil building and not use

Re: Dowsing and Intuition

2002-03-08 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
- Original Message - From: Aurora Farm Dear Ones: I'd like to see some discussion about others' experience of intuition. Hi Woody, In general my intuition comes in three ways. One is by the grace of God. My descisions to move to Kentucky, becoming involved in farming and all of the

Re: Recordings of Will Brinton on the Value of Compost and SallyFallon on the Dangers of the Food Processing Industry

2002-03-08 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
Hi Allan, Well it looks like I might not be too much help after all. Win doesn't know of any where to upload/host the sound files for no charge. The web hosting service he uses is www.pageweb.com Don does host large sites and he seems affordable. I was a little confused about the 100$ set up

Re: Off: Mandated vaccinations coming

2002-03-08 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
Dear Jennifer, I have never vaccinated my children, and I have been yelled at and threatened to be reported to social services by a doctor, plus treated very badly on many occasions at our local health department. Now in Kentucky we are blessed to have an MD who is also a homepathic/

Re: Copper garden tools

2002-03-02 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
The correct adress is www.kupferspuren.at Christy - Original Message - From: Jose Luiz Moreira Garcia To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 2:12 PM Subject: Re: Copper garden tools This site does not work anymore for some reason. Jose

Re: future of the bd remedies

2002-02-23 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
There was a preliminary meeting for the Agriculture Section members followed by a Friday, Saturday, Sun. morn meeting for all prep makers. The letter I received mentioned at the bottom to pass the word along to any prep makers who might have gotten left off of the list.So this was not a private

Re: Fwd: Re: Radionics (Drought update)

2002-02-17 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
It was written, So why not use Radionic Devices and do it from the comfort of the office? This is what worries (for lack of a better way of putting it) the more archaic folk. Why not put your love for your kids in a radionic device and do so from the comfort of the office? It seems to me that

Re: Future of the Preps Conference

2002-02-07 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
Hi Allan, The meeting in Copake was organized by the US Agricultural Section of the School of Spiritual Science. The meeting is for any one making preparations, and from what I could gather from the Biodynamics Journal, While the ideal would be that all biodynamic practitioners make their own

Re: Future of the Preps Conference

2002-02-07 Thread Rural Center for Responsible Living
, as these folks are counting on the availability of quality preparations, and their thoughts and feelings are relavent, because they are part of the Work also.C. - Original Message - From: Rural Center for Responsible Living [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 9:31