Re: What is Magic?

2002-12-07 Thread Barry Carter
Dear Hugh, At 09:19 PM 11/28/2002, you wrote: Dear Barry, I really appreciate your on-going tutelage concerning ORMUS. I will continue to post as I come across things that relate. I haven't gotten it together to collect any yet, though I probably do rather inadvertantly with some of my radio

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-28 Thread Hugh Lovel
Dear Barry, I really appreciate your on-going tutelage concerning ORMUS. I haven't gotten it together to collect any yet, though I probably do rather inadvertantly with some of my radionic/biodynamic techniques. But keep on schooling me. Sorry I was unable to attend your workshop in Waynesville.

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-28 Thread Barry Carter
Dear Hugh, At 10:48 AM 11/28/2002, you wrote: Allan is right. A LOT of nutrients can come from the atmosphere. Out your way a lot can disappear into the atmosphere, can't they? What goes up must come down. Where does the topsoil/fine organic matter go when it blows off from neighboring fields

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-28 Thread Hugh Lovel
- Original Message - From: Moen Creek To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 7:31 PM Subject: Re: What is Magic? Dear Michelle, Allan is right. A LOT of nutrients can come from the atmosphere. Out your way a lot can disappear into the atmosphere, can't they? What

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-28 Thread Jack Wendell
Title: Re: What is Magic?   - Original Message - From: Moen Creek To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 7:31 PM Subject: Re: What is Magic? Although this is the major argument why grassfed is not truly sustainable, aren't a l

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-27 Thread Jack Wendell
- Original Message - From: "Hugh Lovel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 1:01 PM Subject: Re: What is Magic? Dear Hugh- Thanks for your thoughts. I do believe that we are learning and are doing more things right tha

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-27 Thread Hugh Lovel
>> I hadn't even considered that I was depleting the soil >>doing this. I guess that I struggle with that concept. Isn't this really >>how nature's system works and nutrients get recycled? > >Michelle - In nature's system the animal's carcass and all the >nutrients stockpiled therein also event

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-26 Thread Moen Creek
Title: Re: What is Magic? Although this is the major argument why grassfed is not truly sustainable, aren't a lot of nutrients also  coming from the atmosphere so that it is possible recycle manure while harvesting meat and still be break-even on the nutrient scale(s)? -Allan As so

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-26 Thread Lloyd Charles
Hi David Point I was trying to make was if we put excess material into the system too close to the next crop - and then have to use more cultivation (disking twice?) to encourage breakdown we are going round in circles - the cycle must be back in balance by time we seed the following

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-26 Thread D & S Chamberlain
Lloyd Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 26 November 2002 5:53 PM Subject: Re: What is Magic? > > Dear Allan - David - > > Michelle wrote > > > I hadn't even considered that I was depleting the soil > > >doing

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-25 Thread Lloyd Charles
Dear Allan - David - Michelle wrote > > I hadn't even considered that I was depleting the soil > >doing this. I guess that I struggle with that concept. (that grazing green crops is detrimental - me too) In my kind of rainfall environment it takes a season to grow a bulky green manure crop,

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-25 Thread Allan Balliett
I hadn't even considered that I was depleting the soil doing this. I guess that I struggle with that concept. Isn't this really how nature's system works and nutrients get recycled? Michelle - In nature's system the animal's carcass and all the nutrients stockpiled therein also eventually ge

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-25 Thread Jack Wendell
- Original Message - From: "D & S Chamberlain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 5:17 PM Subject: Re: What is Magic? > > Michelle: Green manure crops work best if turned back in with as much bulk > as possible. F

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-25 Thread Allan Balliett
Michelle: Green manure crops work best if turned back in with as much bulk as possible. Feeding off to livestock is just not the same unless you collect the manure and compost it and respread it. In fact by feeding it off you are depleting your soil and unless you have high biological activity the

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-25 Thread D & S Chamberlain
Michelle wrote > That has led us back to bringing cattle on the farm. We intend to learn to > put as much standing feed through our animals as we can. That includes > planting oats as a green manure crop early in March and grazing before corn > planting in May, grazing on cover crops planted behi

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-22 Thread Hugh Lovel
Dear Michelle, The way you are re-thinking your farm operation is beautiful. Here's a couple of thoughts. Can you buy yearling cattle that have been raised without all the wormers and hormone implants? Or can you raise two year olds for slaughter if you have a cow/calf operation where you don't ha

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-22 Thread James Hedley
Dear Lloyd, A visit to Australia by Hugh to show us how he fixes Nitrogen from the air would be a worthwhile thing, without anything else that we may be able to learn from being with him. "KNOW we can do a different agriculture with homeopathics and radionics, > > despite the fact that the market

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-22 Thread Jack Wendell
- Original Message - From: "Hugh Lovel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 7:16 PM Subject: Re: What is Magic? > > >> So sandy land can be good, even though I'd prefer clay. I bet you could > grow good po

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-20 Thread Jane Sherry
s. > From: Allan Balliett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 19:27:50 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: What is Magic? > > My post was not intended to be about marketing per se, but simply an > aknowledgement of what

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-20 Thread Allan Balliett
Why don't you try reaching out to the pagan community, a more earth based 'religion' than the so called new age. When I said 'New Age,' I was, carelessly or not, including Pagans. I think it is important to remember that biodynamics is an evolved discipline. For the most part, the current pagan

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-20 Thread Jane Sherry
Why don't you try reaching out to the pagan community, a more earth based 'religion' than the so called new age. (Allan wrote:) <> I wonder how many of these same people who didn't attend your conference will be applying for organic certification... <> Just a thought or two, Jane S.

Re: What is Magic?/our farm is ....

2002-11-20 Thread Hugh Lovel
hanks for your comments and if there is a BD farmer somewhere in Nebraska >(you thought maybe Bob Steffan-Massena Farms) could you maybe help me to >contact him with a town name or something? > >Thanks again- >Michelle Wendell >> >> > - Original Message - >> From: Jack Wendell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 9:39 AM >> Subject: Re: What is Magic? >> >> >> Visit our website at: www.unionag.org

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-20 Thread Hugh Lovel
Lloyd, The BD remedies in the broadcaster set up the conditions, but, of course, if the soil is dead it helps enormously to apply some compost to get the micro-organisms cooking. If the soil is already biologically alive no compost may be needed. We planted a couple acre corn field this year on an

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-20 Thread Allan Balliett
I would have thought you'd get a group in Santa Fe easy - maybe the title scared them off? Lloyd, Hugh, et al - My impression is that the event was not publicized very well. I'm a Bioneer associate and I receieved no direct mail or email on this event. I imagine that the Bioneer people assumed

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-19 Thread Lloyd Charles
Dear Hugh We have Cheryl working on this and I am really looking forward to your visit if it can be organised - so we'll keep our fingers crossed - she usually manages to get things to happen. I would have thought you'd get a group in Santa Fe easy - maybe the title scared them

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-17 Thread Hugh Lovel
>- Original Message - >From: "Hugh Lovel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 9:04 PM >Subject: Re: What is Magic? > Dear Michelle, If you can manage to make barrel compost and apply it via your irriga

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-17 Thread Gil Robertson
Michelle Wendell wrote: My husband is going on what I call his "walkabout" on Nov 30, and coming to look at your country. Hi! Michelle, I am out side the sort of area you would be interested in looking at moving to, but I am happy to talk off line, if Jack wants some information. On this list,

Re: What is Magic?/our farm is ....

2002-11-17 Thread Gil Robertson
Jack Wendell wrote: But my biggest concern is putting the wrong preps in at the wrong times for what is needed out there!?!?!? Hi! Jack, Congratulations on working on such a large scale, with what must be quite an investment. As for timing. Have you read both of Hugh Lovel's books? He lays it o

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-17 Thread Lloyd Charles
- Original Message - From: Jack Wendell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 2:11 AM Subject: Re: What is Magic? > Dear Lloyd- . > I also wanted to ask you where in southern Australia you were. My husband > is going on what

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-17 Thread Jack Wendell
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 12:41 PM Subject: Re: What is Magic? > > > > Hey Michelle, you have not short circuited, you have plugged in and your > molecules are getting rearranged.

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-17 Thread Jack Wendell
- Original Message - From: "Hugh Lovel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 9:04 PM Subject: Re: What is Magic? > > Dear Michelle, > > There's no doubt you have really got the restorational bug. Now you are

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-17 Thread Jack Wendell
- Original Message - From: "Lloyd Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 3:49 PM Subject: Re: What is Magic? > > We farm 2300 acres in southern Australia and are, like you, in the middle of trying to > con

Re: What is Magic?/our farm is ....

2002-11-17 Thread Jack Wendell
- Original Message - From: "The Korrows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 9:51 AM Subject: Re: What is Magic?> > > What kind of farm do you have? Dear Christy, We will farm 21 pivots for 03 season (each 130 irrig

Re: What is Magic?/Making Money

2002-11-12 Thread Rex Teague
On 11 Nov 02, Hugh Lovel wrote: > No doubt we all get to put up with a lot. But personally I have a > tendency to be offended by such pitches. I guess I'm a reluctant > huck, so I'm also a reluctant huckster. Hugh... woven through Roger's post was a thread that had nothing to do with hucksteri

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-11 Thread Lloyd Charles
- Original Message - From: Peter Michael Bacchus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 7:51 PM Subject: Re: What is Magic? Hi Peter Thanks for the suggestions - we are just about to start some compost for next years pre sowing brews and I

Re: What is Magic?/Making Money

2002-11-11 Thread Hugh Lovel
Dear Roger, No doubt we all get to put up with a lot. But personally I have a tendency to be offended by such pitches. I guess I'm a reluctant huck, so I'm also a reluctant huckster. Best, Hugh >Hugh Lovel wrote: > >>So I pass the ball back to you and invite you to brainstorm with me how do >

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-11 Thread SBruno75
In a message dated 11/10/02 10:37:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Most everyone here thinks I have short circuited somewhere. I guess what I wanted to say here is thank you for all of your thoughts on this site. I feel so strongly that I am supposed to be learning these things. Allan sp

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-11 Thread Peter Michael Bacchus
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Re: What is Magic?/Making Money

2002-11-11 Thread Roger Pye
Hugh Lovel wrote: So I pass the ball back to you and invite you to brainstorm with me how do I make this real to farmers? I guarantee they will make more money doing things the way I teach. How do I get the word out? YES!! RUSH me my instant *ULTIMATE* Dowsing and Rainmaking Kit in its Leather

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-10 Thread John Buckley
Dear Hugh, > ... might share my reality with just a little encouragement. My next thought is > how might others? Well, you sure are sharing your reality with me. I'm eating up nearly everything that comes across from bdnow. I'm sitting out here in Western North Carolina, in the mountains, makin

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-10 Thread Hugh Lovel
gt;work. Well, once again thank you for your thoughts. I hope the spiritual >world understands and helps those that struggle and are confused, because >then there is hope for me! >Michelle Wendell >- Original Message - >From: "Allan Balliett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What is Magic?/Making Money

2002-11-10 Thread Hugh Lovel
Dear Allan, Your point is taken seriously by me. I got into farming because I wanted highest quality and I could see no one was into it. I want to make money but I didn't put it first. Nevertheless since my premise was to make my farming pay its own way as proof of its efficacy, money was high on

Re: What is Magic? is it Jack

2002-11-10 Thread COYOTEHILLFARM
Go Go, Jack you are starting. I'm reading and have much to learn. Per Garp/NH - Original Message - From: "Jack Wendell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 10:39 AM Subject: Re: What is Magic? > Hello- > I am

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-10 Thread Lloyd Charles
Dear Michelle Thanks for coming on the list with this post - We farm 2300 acres in southern Australia and are, like you, in the middle of trying to convert away from chemicals. Ours is only a small scale operation in commercial dollar terms, but we crop 1000 acres of dryland cereals,

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-10 Thread The Korrows
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Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-10 Thread Jack Wendell
MAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 6:18 AM Subject: Re: What is Magic? > > >"Have a meeting for farmer on how to organize cooperative markets & > >2 people will come. > >Have a "class" on how to get 2 blades o

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-10 Thread Allan Balliett
"Have a meeting for farmer on how to organize cooperative markets & 2 people will come. Have a "class" on how to get 2 blades of grass instead of one & you had better rent a huge hall." Maybe I missed the point of the above, Markess, but in our area, tell farmers how to make money fast (Joel Sa

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-09 Thread Lloyd Charles
- Original Message - From: Moen Creek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 1:39 PM Subject: Re: What is Magic? > This is the story from an old farmer now doing deliver for the lumber yard > after loosing the farm. > "Ha

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-09 Thread Moen Creek
Title: Re: What is Magic? This is the story from an old farmer now doing deliver for the lumber yard after loosing the farm. "Have a meeting for farmer on how to organize cooperative markets & 2 people will come. Have a "class" on how to get 2 blades of grass instead of o

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-08 Thread Gil Robertson
Hi! Lloyd Yes please, I would be very interested to see them. Gil Lloyd Charles wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Roger Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 5:29 PM > Subject: What is Magic? > > >

RE: What is Magic?

2002-11-08 Thread tachung_h
: Re: What is Magic? - Original Message - From: Roger Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 5:29 PM Subject: What is Magic? > technology we haven't used or don't understand, concepts we may scoff > at which actually

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-08 Thread Lloyd Charles
- Original Message - From: Roger Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 5:29 PM Subject: What is Magic? > technology we haven't used or don't understand, concepts we may scoff at > which actually do work. Hi All

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-08 Thread Gil Robertson
gh at full speed Gil Roger Pye wrote: > Merla Barberie said: > > > > > I am going to learn how to dowse. I'm going to make me a ceramic piece > > for the end of the string. > > I'm going to dowse soil tests. > > What is magic? A skill we meet

What is Magic?

2002-11-07 Thread Roger Pye
Merla Barberie said: I am going to learn how to dowse. I'm going to make me a ceramic piece for the end of the string. I'm going to dowse soil tests. What is magic? A skill we meet but haven't come across before, technology we haven't used or don't understand,