... the juglans (notably, black walnut). The principles are the same for each tapping, and of course one needs to pay attention to the final use of the...
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Ingrid Bauer/Jean-Cla...
natural_wisd...
Dec 29, 2004 8:16 pm
do you know about any possible toxicity for humans in walnut sap? jean-claude ... the juglans (notably, black walnut). The principles are the same for each...
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lucia@...
Dec 30, 2004 3:11 am
re: tapping. we have alot of black birch. does anyone have experience in tapping them? Lucia...
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terra_amore8
Dec 31, 2004 6:16 pm
Note: forwarded message attached. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Andrew Steiner
walkabout27dude
Dec 31, 2004 8:29 pm
I too am a member of wwoof japan. I dont really understand your question but the host family I have been living with may want another wwoof soon as I am...
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EinuIf
Dec 31, 2004 8:29 pm
... (#@*%#&!! I thought I posted a reply to this yesterday. I don't know what happened to that. This second draft likely will be better, anyhow, so if the...
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EinuIf
Dec 31, 2004 8:29 pm
I have read that birches are tapped in Scandinavia, and "birch beer" is made from the sap. Many years ago, I tried tapping a Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera),...
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aksharma@...
Jan 1, 2005 6:32 am
HAPPY new year/ERA of Organic Mentality Organized cycle Occupied with diversity Omit competition with Nature It was primarily the mentality which caused ill...
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les landeck
offeringsoft...
Jan 1, 2005 6:55 am
i being a hard firm believer in passive growing systems (selective organic choices)that cause me much stress when i look at what has been done to our ...
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Ingrid Bauer/Jean-Cla...
natural_wisd...
Jan 1, 2005 8:02 am
our familly www.natural-wisdom.com/community.htm is travelling to california in january and possibly continuing in february and march in arizona and new...
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Beatrice Gilboa
beaeitan
Jan 1, 2005 12:45 pm
Have a nice trip Jean Claude. Hope you'll meet interesting fellows of "ours" ... Beatrice Udim, Israel till far away from California Crizona or New mexico ;-)...
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Andres Rattur
andresrattur
Jan 1, 2005 1:26 pm
Hello, everybody! I live near Scandinavia, to the south from Finland, in Estonia! Here grows naturally four species of birch: Betula pendula, Betula pubescens,...
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pollywog
pollywogdeb
Jan 1, 2005 4:25 pm
... concentrated, highly processed sugar is just as unhealthful as white sugar." Which, to me, means use in moderation only, just as with any sugar. deb In...
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Karri Varpio
karriv71
Jan 1, 2005 6:36 pm
In Finland both B. pendula and B. pubescens are used for taking sap. Usually it is drunk as such, but one book said that it could also be boiled to syrup. It...
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David Johnston
hawaiidhr
Jan 1, 2005 6:49 pm
Dear Arun, One of the things that you may be interested in that can be tried as an "experiment in truth" as Gandhi would say is gift-giving. I recently...
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EinuIf
Jan 1, 2005 10:46 pm
... platanoides (maple). Sap of maple is much sweeter than birch sap. .... Unfortunately there isn't no such tree with a sap containing enough sugar to produce...
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lucia@...
Jan 2, 2005 1:30 am
Dear EinuIf, Andres, and Karri - thank you for all the birch tapping info, links, and personal experience stories. ... I'm not clear about this. you use the...
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Ingrid Bauer/Jean-Cla...
natural_wisd...
Jan 2, 2005 6:53 am
<i being a hard firm believer in passive growing systems (selective organic choices)that cause me much stress when i look at what has been done to our ...
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Andres Rattur
andresrattur
Jan 2, 2005 10:46 am
Lucia wrote: I'm not clear about this. you use the branch for a support for the bottle, but you still have to tap the tree somehow, right? No I don't tap the...
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les landeck
offeringsoft...
Jan 2, 2005 3:32 pm
Good Morning, i'll start at the end and go back to the beginning. selective organic to me is to only use items from the list of whats allowed under the organic...
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lucia@...
Jan 2, 2005 4:01 pm
... ahhh. I understand now. great picture! ... looks like an interesting enterprise, but I couldn't find anything concrete on the website about the health...
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lucia@...
Jan 2, 2005 5:27 pm
ok. I've done some research on the net and some books such as Steve Brill's "Edible and Medicinal Plants" and found out that Black Birch/Sweet Birch/Betula...
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EinuIf
Jan 2, 2005 11:05 pm
... store [birch sap] ... I suspect that they sterilize the sap using ultraviolet light, ozone, or both -- the same way that chlorine-free tap-water treatment...
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Forest Shomer
ziraatgarden
Jan 2, 2005 11:05 pm
Hello All, As a recently subscribed member I am enjoying the various discussion threads on this list. Two of these threads on which I wish to comment: MAPLE...
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EinuIf
Jan 3, 2005 4:30 pm
... There's no denying that Bigleaf Maple sap has less sugar in it, on average, than does Sugar Maple sap, but the concentrations are comparable. By one...
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stonepylon
Jan 5, 2005 3:31 pm
Hi! I don't say much here, but I thought this might be useful to someone. You can concentrate the sugars not only by evaporation, which requires a lot of...
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stonepylon
Jan 5, 2005 3:59 pm
Hi again! Just a couple more links and ideas. DIY Evaporator: http://www.motherearthnews.com/arc/5919/ Also try going to...
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SANDEEP DHAWAN
astralsandeep
Jan 6, 2005 3:13 pm
hi everyone, I am sandeep, new to the group, And i am very much interested in organic farming. If any one out there can take some time out for me and explain...
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Elinor Jean
u3288545@...
Jan 6, 2005 11:08 pm
Hi Sandeep, It is great to hear from someone else in the group from Australia. Unfortunately I live on a farm near Canberra -- which is a bit far away! I am...
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Sampath Jagannathan
poojyum
Jan 9, 2005 2:05 pm
Hello Sandeep: All of Fukuoka's books are available in India from Oasis Books, 17, Kuthchery Road, Chennai (Madras). They are published in Chennai too by a...
