that it seems more like
diluting than strengthening.
Note: Actually, I'm beginning to understand the principles
behind stirring, etc, adding your intent to a project, but
explaining to someone else who may be involved is very
hard for this novice.
Martha Wells~Flylo Farms~ Texas Zone 8
off. What can I do, after all, what difference does ONE person
make? But, if you show them what a difference it makes TO one
person, they'll come in for a taste, and probably come back for
more.
Martha Wells~Flylo Farms~ Texas Zone 8
.
I'm sure the males see it as a rival, but I have no idea
what angers the hens so much.
Martha Wells~Flylo Farms~ Texas Zone 8
Picked it up great!
Even on my very slow internet connect speed (24000bps)
Who is the girl in the purple skirt, and is that Angel Trumpet she's
pointing at? The flowforms are gorgeous and so is the rest of the
photography.
thanks for sharing
Martha Wells~Flylo Farms~ Texas Zone 8
devil's advocate in anyone's findings (before the naysayers
can do it.) If they can't prove it in a test tube or petrie dish, it's
probably not going to hold up unless the 'real world' recognises the
value of intangible things.
Martha Wells~Flylo Farms~ Texas Zone 8
Yes, kidding and foaling season is finished here. I had some very
early (or late) foals last year, one very pregnant mare was sold. But
the buyer was afraid to foal out so paid me extra to midwife her for
her. For some reason, I knew it would be a stud colt, and didn't
want to try to get it to
Anyone who grows open pollinated vegetables or other seeds is
saying the same thing:
(Please, put me out of business!) The few times I've sold to Brazos
Natural Foods or The Farm Patch (one is a health food store, the
other is a produce vendor only), I've always given them signs to put
up,
Steve, I couldn't get it to come up either. I have RealPlayer and that
program came up fine. It searched for a moment, then gave me a 'file not
found' note.
I clicked on more info, and found:
Requested file not found. The link you followed may be
outdated or inaccurate.
RealOne Player was sent
Steve, I don't know much about RealPlayer files, how they're
uploaded, but the link shows:
file:c:%5caudio%5crss_beautiful_day.smi
Wouldn't you have to have a web address for everyone to access
this file rather than on your C drive itself?
On the other hand, you probably could send the file
Funny how we get possessive over something we actually have a
use for. 2 years ago, I was griping about the nettles and now I
consider them my earliest crop yet nothing has changed with the
nettle itself, only my attitude toward it.
They're anywhere from a foot tall to 18 inches in places. When
There's a tree with that nickname (Yesterday, Today and
tomorrow), a saucer Magnolia? because the flowers change colors
as they age.
today is sunny and green, some of the mud is receding, finally. I
have a mockingbird who is flitting around the eaves of the
greenhouse and the brilliant
Wonder why they let the vendor sell the shirt to begin with, if
they're going to be that bizarre over it? Maybe it was lucky it was a
lawyer, he'll at least have a few 'words' to say over the incident.
I had the common wormwood, probably A. vulgaris (unsure) but it's
the type wreathmakers like because it grows so tall. I say had. I
thought you couldn't kill the stuff, but little by little, as they needed
some, the goats would wander to the places it grew and eat on it.
the horses did the
We saw only the last half hour of the Saddam Hussain interview.
What I saw and heard didn't exactly jive with Rather's interpretation
on what he'd been told. They said the regime's own interpreters,
and those who were going to 'mark up' the tapes had complete
control over the interview and the
Thanks, Keith for putting it into somewhat more perspective. I know
I read all of the globalnewshorrowstuff, and just get overwhelmed.
too much sadness, too much to deal with. (Why didn't we just all
slit our wrists in 1913 and have done with it?)
I can't piece it all out to get any grasp. (And
I was looking thru SSE yearbook at tomatoes and ran across
Mildred Cowger's Belgium and mentions she was a Master
Biodynamic Gardener.
running Google, I can find some Belgium Cherry tomatoes
developed by the late M Cowger, as well as a 1996 column in the
JPI magazine Mildred Cowger: A Life Of
Maybe something for Merla's roadside project? Have you tried
using corn gluten meal as a pre-emergence? I'm trying it this year
in some of the areas that have tough annual weeds that are hard to
get into to mow. It's supposed to deter any seed from sprouting,
while acting as a fertilizer to
I'd like to try to get in touch with this person:
³Nature is in
some fundamental way important for the human psyche,
and as such it is
really central to public health,² says Roger Ulrich,
director of the
Center
for Health Systems and Design at Texas AM
University. A pioneer in the
field,
My chickens don't particularly like liquid milk, but they really
gobble up anything solid like soft cheese or yogurt. if I'm going to
feed milk to the chickens I curd it up first by heating it then adding
cider vinegar to it. They like it ok then.
Also, grit and/or oyster shell? I never know
Thanks. Like I said, mine have found their own source of grit
(cement blocks), and they're free ranging so I have to suppose
they're getting things to help grind up food particles ok.
When I butchered out some young roosters, I found beautiful,
perfectly oval and smooth pieces of glass in one
I'm going to have to revise my statement about no intelligent life
found in guineas. These two are pretty savvy. They quit all that loud
screeching yesterday and strolled about their new acreage,
seemingly approving all that they found. At dusk, I was in the hay
barn getting ready to haul hay
I think Violets will grow anywhere almost. Johnny JumpUps, aren't
they a type of violet?
Jane, your violets are probably happily marching across your lawn
as they reseed themselves annually. Can you tell where they
originally started in at? Would be interesting to detect their line of
My old flock of guineas could dodge bullets but not cars. They'd
play 'chicken' with trucks on the road and I lost them one by one.
I'd inherited that group with a bunch of poultry I bought from an
elderly lady who was moving in to town. Their racket actually lured
up several others (guineas,
I know this is off topic but I can't resist the tale.
I've had all sorts of birds from everyday chickens to raising the
exotics (macaws, etc.) I had a trio of peafowl but the hens wouldn't
set their own eggs. I put some in an incubator and hatched out a
dozen babies. They followed me like
This reads a lot like one of Starhawk's early (fiction) books. A
shame that in this case, truth follows fiction.
I've raised guineas before and nope, I don't think I'd ever use the
word 'intelligence' in the same sentence as guineafowl. These 2
new ones are no exception. I had to go shoo them off the henhouse
front wall several times, just so the new pullets wouldn't pile up on
each other and smother in
You know, I almost didn't get the barred rocks. I wasn't exactly
shopping for that breed, and to me they had a 'mean eye'. I thought
that I was being ridiculous. Now, 2 days later, I realize I should
have gone with intuition (but when do we ever listen to ourselves?)
What I'm hoping for is the
My own chickens eat my horse pellets like everything else around
here. Expensive but nonmedicated. These new ones were on a
(medicated) grow mash and hen scratch. I bought chopped corn
and tried to get unmedicated grower feed. I ended up having to get
game bird starter and paid a whopping
I've never been overly concerned about my chicken feed. They eat
probably better than any other critter here. I'll see about Muenster's
poultry rations, though.
I DID solve the problem about my (new arrivals) cannibal pullets. A
friend wanted 2 - 3 new hens, and has an established flock. no
I know the topic came up awhile back, but SStorch's post about
'sheath material' struck a chord.
Before we moved back to the farm, my neighbor ran some of his
cows over here. They were old and even once I had my own herd,
his insisted on coming 'home' to calve. A few, as they aged, died
here.
It was our ag agent who told us about the test results on the
mushroom compost. Since everything that comes out of TAMU is
gospel, I suspect they were the ones who tested.
I was thinking about using it but after that, plus the fact the stuff
stinks worse (almost) than a poultry house, I
Gardeners like it because it has already composted horse manure
in it. Plus whenever it rains, they get a bumper crop of mushrooms
since some of the spore remains viable for a time. You can't believe
how bad this stuff smells, though. Driving by the mushroom plant at
70mph, windows rolled up,
Hi Tony, if you can get photo attachments, I'll send these 2 (small)
pictures I have of the naked chickens to you. They're a startling
red! They look a bit like very weird flamingos.
We have a mushroom plant nearby that practically gives away it's
spent mushroom compost to gardeners. Even the organic folk like
to use it. But I've heard that some tests on the compost itself and
on the soil it's used on reveal a high level of arsenic.
It's been pasteurized before inoculated
Sorry gang, I suppose I (hopefully for a brief moment) had become
one of the people I was railing about.
Deborah, yes I understand where you're coming from now. If one
were to fly over my county, they'd think small cities have sprung up
out of nowhere, so many poultry houses abound. There is
Tilapia also like chicken shit, I understand.
ThenI definitely need to research this. My chickens stand
around on my porch and traverse my path to the horses
and goats, pooping healthily as they go. John is
mortified that I said I need 'more laying hens', that we'll
be awash in chicken poop.
I'll be better tomorrow, but I just had to vent tonight.
Sometimes ya'll make me smile. I thought anything a
person could
grow, 'in kindness and healthy food and atmosphere'
would be
preferable to buying at the store. Which is what any
homesteader
is truly trying to avoid. NO, of
I actually understood what was meant (I think.) We have a neighbor
who is pushing 100. He said he recalled when they started selling
NPK chemical fertilizers as 'the only soil amendment you'll ever
need'.
But farmers were very leery of the stuff, and tended to put it out
with a spoon rather
Great. Does anyone farm fish?
Allan there is an organic radio host, Howard Garrett, who does a 4
hour seg Sunday mornings plus one hour Q A on Saturdays.
He's wildly popular in Texas. I've seen photos of his home and his
greenhouse is a knock out. He insulates the walls with 55 gallon
barrels of water. It just looks like
I sent the Abundant Life Seed link to another group. One member
commented he was really struck by the phrase 'responsibly grown'.
(For those who choose not to certify with the organic group).
If that phrase hasn't been trademarked, is there any reason we all
can't use it?
Abundant Life is a beautiful website, especially it's opening page!
But I really did want Peace Seeds. Thanks to 'our' Allan, I was able
to get in touch with A. Kapuler this morning and order the corn I
was looking for, plus ask for a listing of the 2003 Peace varieties.
In 1964, my Daddy put down a good deal of chemical fertilizer. We
had pretty good pastures and they instantly went to 'lush green
fields' he was pleased. But it made him 'sick as a dog' to handle
the stuff, and we ended up having to buy hay mid summer because
the cows wouldn't eat any of it.
When I asked our State Health Inspector he admitted if someone
brought their own clean containers I could sell milk and it 'probably'
would be ok. He said it wouldn't be legal in Texas, but it was one of
those 'iffy things' no one was going to come out and deal with it.
However, I weighed the
Does anyone know if Alan Kapuler is still running Peace Seeds,
and if he or the company has email or a web address?
The topic of soybeans came up on the homesteading group. One
gardener says to just pull up the whole bush when the soybeans
are ripe. so I wondered if the plants were good to dry for livestock
feeds. She didnt' think so, so I thought I'd ask someone who might
know on this list.
Obviously,
I need to prune back some of my rose bushes (they've turned into
strangler vines, not even good bloomers any more). I went to our
stock tank yesterday and gathered some willow stems and made
up a batch of willow water to root some of the roses. Is there any
other use for this? I'm sure Ill
Jane, I'd love to see the photo if you can find it. (The one with the
researchers under the high lines.)
thanks, martha
It wouldn't be hard at all for someone (Jane or Allan) to create a
distribution list and only send those OT messages to people who
actually request to be on the distribution list. It would remove it
from BDNOW, and no one would have to actually start a new group
with all the headaches that
Jane Sherry has agreed to try something a little different. I'm
setting up a distribution list, and everyone who wants to get the
forwarded messages from Jane, will now come from me.
This will eliminate some of the off topic posts to BDNOW group
itself.
I'll need to set up a list of emails,
I hope someone on this list more 'in the know' of bd 'therapies' will
read the entire thread and start dialog on it.So many people come
out with statements that 'this will cure cancer' as well as the other
main killers, we all have to be a little sceptical. But flaxseed oil and
yogurt or
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
Vanilla is an orchid, or in the orchid family, (I think). And it's
probably the host trees in stress conditions that attract the ants,
not necessarily the vanilla plants themselves. So, planting
companion plants, or putting out bits of dried herb is going to be
quite an undertaking, especially
I don't know what it is. But it's everywhere. I was fired from my job
yesterday and for no really good reason. Granted, I was 'iffy' about
working in a deli - smokehouse. Wondering what all those nitrites,
high sodium foodstuffs, heavily preserved meats, etc., were doing
to myself just
compost first: John brought home a large hoop. Plastic, about 4
feet diameter, 3 feet tall. He thought it'd make a good compost pit.
I'm currently using just pallets wired together. I like the air flow and
double wall system of pallets, but the front is open so I can haul
stable cleanings and
The lady who has the 'no to GMO website' has recently gotten in
bumper stickers. Free for a SASE:
They are BRIGHT yellow with big bold black writing.
Say No to GMOs!
www.saynotogmo.org
is all that's on them. 8.5 x 2.5 vinyl
No GMOs Sticker
PO Box 382
Cedar Creek
Texas78612
Allan, why not name the new CSA HIDDEN SECRETS? You said
the name Just WOULD NOT COME for you... and what better than
a Secret Garden (oh speak from my childhood reading G), or, a
hidden secret of great taste and nourishment?
Earth Wares
I make goat milk soap and use DE in my soaps. It acts like a very
mild abrasive. You really can't feel it in the lather, but it helps
abrade that fine top layer of dead skin cells (somewhat).
Otherwise, I don't have a lot of use for the stuff. I did try feeding it to
the horses as a dewormer
I don't know what a Goggle search would generate, but GOOGLE
is the search engine folks tend to utilize the most. I did plug in my
name (Martha Wells), and came up with my mirror self, the other
Martha Wells. Ironic isn't it. we both are writers (she gets paid
((TOR books, science fiction) , I
Allan (and Chris) are right. This very thing happened a few weeks
ago. Someone forwarded me a lengthy message about how we all
should boycott McDonald's restaurant chain because they're
importing beef, not using our own US cattle, etc. The post was, by
all appearances, signed by Dr. David
Yes, Roger, please keep updating all of us. The wildfires were in
our local (Dallas Tx) news this evening. Terrifying for you and
heartrendering for everyone concerned. If everyone on the list could
think 'rain' for Roger, hopefully it would help stop the fires.
Roger stated: This is not the usual practice for
mailing lists (for archives to be in the public domain)
Doesn't matter if the archives or the forum is supposed
to be private or public, I don't think. I recently ran a
search on something totally innocent (Dragon Langerie
wax beans), and on
I was looking up another topic (chicken tunnels), and Google listed
a number of tunnel and 'moat' sites. I clicked on one,
(homesteading today?) I can't remember but it said 'this forum has
been converted to members access only, please enter your
password.'
So, it is doable to change from an
I suppose there are entire agencies devoted to snooping in on
internet email groups. Ok by me. I suggest posting long, hard,
information-driven messages. The people you intend to see them
will benefit, the people who haven't a clue will probably absorb
some of it, even unintentionally.
The
Hugh writes:
I think what you, Jeff, Allan and others, particularly in
Hawaii, Texas,
the midwest and out on the west coast, have done as
regards making BD
info
available to the public
Are there demo farms in Texas? I know of one or two
practitioners, but I was unaware of any teaching
Allan, you need to elaborate on the refused entrance to WHAT
public building?
And, a couple of other lists I have are mandating NO LURKING
rules, maybe for the very same thing. If someone audits a list,
that's fine, but they need to post occasionally if nothing more than
to say, 'explain
My BDNOW (email) folder has over 2495 entries. I was pretty sure
the topic of trees as broadcasters has been addressed before now,
but I can't locate it in all the conglomerated mess that is BDNOW
folder. I DID locate one (off in my Biodynamic folder of documents
I've saved as Word docs),
The USDA operates a CSA database
Allan, I think this was where I found the (one) Tx CSA
listed. I know the girl, and have been to her place. If she
was growing anything but weeds and dogshit I couldn't
see it. I can't imagine how she can claim to be growing
food for people unless she's really
When I ran a Google search on CSA in Texas, I got one only. (And
I know the person running it, and I wouldn't trust her as far as I
could heave her.) But, instead they're calling it subscription farms.
I'd think even contract farming would have a good ring, nicer than
'subscribers'.
Whole Foods started out in Austin Tx of all places, 1980's, little
'hole in the wall'. Austin also has / had a good food co-op called
Wheatsfield which was bigger at the time. It's still there, but about
the same size, very family type atmosphere. WF is more glistening
supermarket style. When
Years ago I received a cassette tape from a guy who was selling
some 'health remedy' or other. Liquid Colloidal minerals, i think was
the going rage at that time. But one thing he mentioned, that he
knew a rental service, the kind that rents jobsite tools, large
equipment, even port a potties.
PBS is going to be hosting a series of farmer to chef specials.
The web site is an excellent presentation of what's to come.
It is a slide show, complete with music and voiceover. Takes about
10 - 15 minutes to run, but it starts quickly, you don't have to wait
for the whole thing to load up.
We've been getting torrential rains here in central Texas. Though
everything is still green and growing, we have water standing in
every available low spot. I was amazed that even tho we've had a
couple of frosts, my roses have been blooming late December. One
white rose has always had small
Can anyone direct me to some good sites on dowsing? Also,
another list, the topic came up of the art of dowsing for foal and calf
sex on the cow or mare. Is this widely done, and can anyone
explain how? I did a pendulum dowsing about 2 months before my
first foal was due. I had 2 mares I
Well, the 'neighbor who shoots off explosives' hit a chord.. I don't
know those way back neighbors, but they've been shooting off what
seemed like cannons since midday Tuesday. They're still at it.
Humongous Kaboombs... They're maybe 5 miles away so I don't
really mind, but I thought it was
We still have some wild bees that apparently haven't interbred yet.
We were all sharing the same leaky water hose this summer and
no one objected. However, we also have some that I believe have
requeened with killer bee queens. When they swarm, I usually like
to go observe them. They have a
Mine had to have come from a direct seed source. I never had them
until about 5 years ago. At that time I was raising some exotic
finches and other birds. I'd moved the cages to a row run shed
behind the house, and the following season, I was seeing strange
weeds in the goat fields next door.
Allan, when I picked out those vegetables at random off this
farmer's chart, I wasn't clear. From the chart it looks like these are
not a weekly offering, but the whole total amounts one member
may expect to receive for that year. It just didn't look like very
much to me.
8 bunch beets, 1-3
This one in MASS says she supplies 33 members. I did some
digging on CSA + Texas and came up with one I know for a fact is
a rip off near Houston. Two around the Austin area who call
themselves 'subscription farms' rather than CSA. These only will
allow 10 members, and charge $25 per week. Our
Thanks Perry, there's a lot to think about. For the next couple of
seasons, until my garden beds get re-established, I'm probably
going to just try growing enough extra to build a produce stand
business locally.
Land expansion isn't a problem, i have one 18 acre field that's
shaped triangular
Not that we've had too terribly cold weather so far, only some frosty
nights, but everyone's insect sitings made me want to ask the list
about my ladybugs. Every November thru January, they hatch out
in droves. In the framework of my windowsills, around the edges of
anything remotely still
Baker Creek Heirlooms (not always OG but always open
pollinated), seems to carry a great deal of seed from other
countries. When I order seed they're very good about sending
extra packets of 'something for me to try out'. I've received South
American melons, little red eggplant from Tunisia,
Laura,
Most of my own nettles are growing very healthily in my goat
yards. One of the few plants the goats won't touch. They usually
get quite tall, some 3 - 4 feet (but scraggly, not bushy). Usually by
summer's heat they fade, and I've never noticed seeds. If you want
me to save some, I have
I've been looking at Hugh's broadcasters, wondering how I'd know
where to put one, and what I'd need to do, etc. I mentioned it on
another list, saying I just can't afford it right now, husband is
particularly opposed to this 'foofoo stuff'. A friend on that list
mentioned she'd bought one
I used to hear the old cowpokes around here talk about getting
gored, or some other really horrendous wounds to either
themselves, their horses, or the cattle in their charge while on
some of the last cattle drives from Tx to Ks. They would pour sugar
into the wound and if it was really
He wouldn't drink the tea but might sample the beer. We have
some friends who call themselves wine makers. Well, I guess they
are, but it's a wine no one but themselves can drink. And they're
very generous with the stuff. I've made some rather potent wine jelly
out of it, the rest is 'aging
I emailed Laurel and received this reply from her.
We are out of videos.
You can order one for $6.00.
You'll find out how by going to
http://www.thecampaign.org
laurel
Sorry for all the html looking quote signals. I never know how my
emailer is going to pick up and send my quoted lines, luckily they
weren't too many.
Thank you all!!
Because of a link someone provided on this group, I stumbled upon
a great source. (and local to me, too!!)
www.saynotogmos.org
And one of the folk there sent me this very nice letter in response
to one I'd sent to Laurel (Sierra Club).
The tapes seem very reasonable, I think $8
If my last message is 'warbley', I'm apologizing now. I assume that
when I pick up a thread from a prior email, it's going to get all
discombobulated in the translation. That one, I felt was worth the
nasty look I'll probably get from Allan G.
Thanks Allan. I'll save my money. (Pinetree Gardens offers it at a
deep discount ($3.95).)
Wasn't it Ferdinand who was coating his tree trunks in the
wintertime with a mixture of cow manure and clay? Is anyone else
doing this and if so, what are the benefits / results?
A couple of days ago I forwarded a newsletter I get from a woman
who runs a produce stand in Austin Tx. Granted, her stand is
practically downtown Austin, but they also have about 60 acres
under production in a smaller town nearby. The stand is in her front
yard and only open Wednesdays and
Allan, I'm disappointed and feel very unloved if I don't get 1/2 a dz
per day. They seem to come in waves though. And can get quite
imaginative (those I even bother to open). One involved their high
school athletic equipment. billion dollar basketballs, I dunno.
Some people must be too greedy
Rose, here is a post from awhile back about a book list on
biodynamic agriculture. You also may want to look up Biodynamic
in Google search and go to some of the websites. You'll probably
run across a number of list member's sites there.
(i never throw out anything, not even old emails.)
I went to the Orion Society link and read Berry's essay. I think
what I have a hard time with this is that yes, he's been writing
'agrarian' for over 25 years. Now his writings have been more (it
seems to me) : 'I told you this was going to happen. You didn't
listen now I'm tired and we're
Allan, when did you join Homesteader's Work group? There are
some people asking about biodynamic gardening and I haven't
seen you say anything about it.
Anytime you want to post something about BDNOW or about your
website, or anything about biodynamic in general, it would be well
received on
Perry wrote: hopefully other
stakeholders within the foodshed will want to buy locally
and receive the
same fresh locally produced food. And yep!! this could
very well be a fad
too!!!
Good taste good heath is never a fad. (Should be
someone's motto.)
Perry, please keep us informed after your Tuesday meeting. I'm
picking up on your excitement and feel that others are probably
energized by it also. Good Luck!
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