Hi all, I've just started to do some research on using silicates for disease control, particularly against sooty blotch and flyspeck. It seems that natural...
Brian Caldwell
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Sep 20, 2006 3:22 am
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Hello. I just found your group and had a little time to do some searching of the archives. My husband and I with our 4 children live in the southeast corner of...
Misy - Please also feel free to avail yourself of the Network I run for growers in the Upper Midwest. You are further south, but some info on our website...
Thank you Deirdre for this welcome and for the additional information. I have a lot to learn, but I feel very fortunate to have found this group and the links...
Quite a lot of work was done with potassium silicate - waterglass - by biodynamic growers from the 1940's into the 80's; it's effective in managing summer...
Bail Hanna
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Sep 28, 2006 11:52 am
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The certifier I am working with to get my newly planted orchard certified in three years pointed out that latex paint contains things that are not on the NOP's...
For Southwest injury, you are talking strictly reflection of light by the white paint. Linseed oil (unless I am badly mistaken) won't leave a white coating,...
Deirdre, Do not use linseed oil. I am surprised that your certifier is concerned about the paint. Other certifiers are not. Maybe you should rephrase the...
Yes, indeed, I neglected to say that the linseed oil would need some sort of pigment, although possibly kaolin clay might add that? Thanks for the milk paint...
The biodynamic solution is to make a wash of fresh cow manure and clay about 50/50. This does so much more than latex paint. Try it, you'll be amazed at the...
Bail Hanna
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Oct 20, 2006 7:53 pm
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This kind of stuff reminds me why we don't certify. Hugh W...
Bail Hanna
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Oct 20, 2006 7:58 pm
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Hello everyone, We are looking for a used rack and cloth press, if anyone has any ideas where we can find one. We want to be able to make smaller more...
Bail Hanna
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Nov 12, 2006 2:14 am
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hello hugh- how are you my friend? you've probably thought of this but orchard equipment in conway mass. might know of someone wanting to sell a press or they...
Hugh, We have a batch press we bought perhaps 15 years ago from a company named "sun" sometlhing in Washington State that went out of business right after we...
Gordon Bemis
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Nov 14, 2006 3:37 pm
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Howdy all, This year's get-together of apple growers in the Northeast will be held . . . that's precisely the question, eh? One compounding factor is we may...
Howdy Michael and everyone else - Am I correct in assuming that the get-together will happen during the week and not on the weekend, as last year? * Week of...
Aye, we're still voting on when for this spring's meeting . . . but as Lloyd has filled me in on when Stump Sprouts' facilities are available, we're going to...
Michael, I can do any of the mondays or tuesdays listed in feb , don't know about March yet. Happy New Year. John Brian Cramer Hutchins Farm 754 Monument St....
Gordon Bemis
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Jan 16, 2007 7:01 pm
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Hi all, I'm new to this list -- we have a small organic orchard in Harvard - and I would love to attend. We met John Bemis last year at the Nofa workshop. ...
michael- well things likewinter rye are still green here as they are at stump sprouts. i delivered up there today and the green had a frosting of 1/2 " of ice....
I'll pass along the information about the Organic Tree Fruit Symposium in Michigan below. I am not attending this event but hope to get a report from some...
The choices for meeting dates have narrowed to this: Monday/Tuesday, February 26-7 Monday/Tuesday, March 5-6 Wednesday/Thursday, March 14-5 And even with these...
I can meet any of these days except Tuesdays - Linda Hoffman ... From: applenet@yahoogroups.com [mailto:applenet@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Michael Phillips ...
... On Jan 18, 2007, at 8:04 AM, Michael Phillips wrote: The choices for meeting dates have narrowed to this: Monday/Tuesday, February 26-7 Monday/Tuesday,...
Bail Hanna
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Jan 20, 2007 2:19 am
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Hi Michael, and all, any of those dates could work for me. March 5-6 might be better, but not crucial. Is ethan on the list? Hugh ... Hi Michael, and all, any...
Bail Hanna
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Jan 20, 2007 2:23 am
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Hi all, The great conundrum of when to hold our annual Northeast Apple Meeting in the Berkshires has come to an end. This year's dates will be March 5 & 6 ....
Hello Firstly, I wish I could attend the apple growers meeting at stump sprouts but alas, work is work. Hopefully next year. I have begun to look into ordering...
John Bunker is amenable to bring a pick-up load of Organic Grower Supplies to our Berkshire meeting. The goal here is to co-operatively reach the $600 order...
