WEEDS and WHAT THEY TELL US was Re: Pytrons

2003-07-25 Thread Allan Balliett
Does anyone happen to have a copy of either Walters' or Pfeiffer's book on this topic? I can't lay my hands on mind. I'm looking for details on the what SPINY PIG WEED indicates. (I know, I know, it's a karmic thing.) If you have the time to look that one up for me, I'd surely appreciate it.

OT: World of Weeds

2003-03-13 Thread Dave Robison
Off topic: David Quammen is one of my favorite nature writers. I was glad to see this article posted, on the dismal topic of how we are destroying the natural world. http://www.well.com/user/davidu/weeds.html David Robison

Re: World of Weeds

2003-03-13 Thread Lloyd Charles
- Original Message - From: Dave Robison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 7:47 AM Subject: OT: World of Weeds Off topic: David Quammen is one of my favorite nature writers. I was glad to see this article posted, on the dismal topic of how we

Roundup Resistant Weeds Popping Up

2003-01-14 Thread Richard Kalin
— soybeans, cotton and corn developed to be impervious to a popular herbicide — are facing a new challenge to their continued long-term use. The herbicide, known as Roundup, is beginning to lose its effectiveness in controlling weeds. In the last few years, weeds resistant

ADMIN: Re: Roundup Resistant Weeds Popping Up

2003-01-14 Thread Allan Balliett
PLEASE! Do not send attachments to newsgroups! They eat bandwidth and they are proven potentially unsanitary!! I appreciate the post of this article. In the future, please copy the text to a text editor and remove the tags from it and then post as plain text -or- write a synopsis in your own

Re: ADMIN: Re: Roundup Resistant Weeds Popping Up

2003-01-14 Thread Jane Sherry
An interesting piece of info about this article from the Times this morning is that it is front page business section. From: Allan Balliett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 10:54:11 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ADMIN: Re: Roundup Resistant Weeds

Re: Weeds

2002-08-30 Thread Jane Sherry
:49:46 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Weeds Is there something wrong with them did you try silver tips?

RE: Weeds

2002-08-29 Thread Rex Tyler
I also spent some time in Makaibari's jungle area and noted the wild plants that grew side by side there. Rex -Original Message- From: Rex Tyler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 26 August 2002 07:20 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Weeds good to hear from you I will go home and write

Re: Weeds

2002-08-29 Thread Jane Sherry
Rex, did you also check out the tea curing processes while at Makaibari? Jane From: Rex Tyler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 08:11:00 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Weeds I also spent some time in Makaibari's jungle area and noted the wild

RE: Weeds

2002-08-29 Thread Rex Tyler
did you try silver tips? rex -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jane Sherry Sent: 29 August 2002 13:22 To: BdNow Subject: Re: Weeds Rex, did you also check out the tea curing processes while at Makaibari? Jane From: Rex Tyler [EMAIL

RE: Weeds

2002-08-28 Thread Rex Tyler
Planetary Planting Louise Riotte Encyclopedia of magical herbs Scott Cunningham Wonders in weeds William Smith Wild Food Cookbook Joy O I Spoczynska If you can send me your e mail I can send direct information on some of the more unusual things I have learned over the years unless you think

Re: Weeds

2002-08-28 Thread Gil Robertson
Hi! Rex, I am sure we are all interested. Gil Rex Tyler wrote: If you can send me your e mail I can send direct information on some of the more unusual things I have learned over the years unless you think everyone would be interested.

Re: Weeds

2002-08-28 Thread Lloyd Charles
If you can send me your e mail I can send direct information on some of the more unusual things I have learned over the years unless you think everyone would be interested. regards Rex Tyler Hey Rex - put it on the list please - I am interested and am sure others will be. Lloyd Charles

RE: Weeds

2002-08-26 Thread Rex Tyler
Rex Tyler -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Roger Pye Sent: 25 August 2002 14:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Weeds Rex Tyler wrote: great to hear that, at last someone knows what he's talking about I have studied so called wild plants

Re: Weeds

2002-08-26 Thread Tony Nelson-Smith
Roger - Good luck with your botanical reference collection. Do you include erroneous information - for example, the advice to plant caper spurge to discourage moles? It still crops up regularly in popular gardening magazines and arises from an ancient herbal (possibly Culpeper?) prescribing

Re: Weeds

2002-08-25 Thread Roger Pye
over the place.To name a few - the Ohio Plant Dictionary, http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/, http://www.geocities.com/nutriflip/Naturopathy/, books about herbs weeds, Culpeper's original writings and so on. There are currently 500 plants in there. Some of the info's pretty sketchy

Re: Weeds

2002-08-25 Thread Peter Michael Bacchus
deficient soils. Negatives: older bushes burn with a fierce heat and is very difficult to extinguish - Original Message - From: Roger Pye [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 1:15 AM Subject: Re: Weeds Rex Tyler wrote: great to hear that, at last someone

Re: Draft Plan for the Noxious Weeds Prog-Seed Savers EX email

2002-04-04 Thread Merla
SSE wrote: Dear Merla Barberie, Thank you for your e-mail concerning the USDA's Draft Action Plan for the Noxious Weeds Program and possible ramifications for the programs of Seed Savers Exchange. We have carefully reviewed the plan, which deals only with noxious weeds

Draft-Plan for Noxious Weeds-modifiedClean List approach is outrageous

2002-03-24 Thread Merla
March 24, 2002 Dear Alan Tasker, The Clean List legislation in the Draft Action Plan for Noxious Weeds is a cynical attempt to take-over of a basic freedom which is sacred to all humans on the earth...free exchange of seeds. This is a great crime against humanity--equal to Milosevich or Hitler

FSW: Weeds and Insects

2002-02-14 Thread bdnow
Hi Tobias - Yes, weeds deliver messages about soil conditions. I have never noticed or correlated information about insects such as you suggest. Surely there must be some information we should be paying attention to there, but there are many more environmental conditions that influence