hi sal & all, when branches from a tree are amputated an equivalent rootmasss die... pruning becomes a necessity if trees have been planted so close together ...
Just catching up on some things: Emilia mentioned she'd written previously about alfalfa and where it is best used etc: I've dug up the email and added some...
Hello Phil, glad you are on the list, I've seen your website http://members.tripod.co.uk/orft/ and would like to know more about your work. Can you let me know...
Thanks souscayrous. I'm happy to mail it to anyone. I'll get back to you with the postage cost. cheers, Phil ... From: "souscayrous" <souscayrous@...> ...
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emhaz@...
Mar 2, 2002 1:45 pm
hi carol, when sealing the surface of a pond evaporation is prevented but no way to have fish inside, although u may have some emerging macrophytes that must ...
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emhaz@...
Mar 2, 2002 1:45 pm
hello kjetjo, multinationals & their lobbys run todays world...even fukuoka's yields didn't get acknowledged by his peers (or any administration), it is not...
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reggiecs@...
Mar 2, 2002 2:18 pm
OK, that makes sense. Thank you, emilia. I was a bit confused before because you had initially recommended it for reducing evaporation from "any type of...
"The true essence of nature then is 'nothingness'. It is here that the real starting point and destination are to be found". The Natural Way of Farming p83 ...
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Mar 2, 2002 7:12 pm
On Marketing Natural Food To those of you who have not had the pleasure of reading Fukuoka's books: In "One Straw Revolution" Fukuoka has a little chapter...
I believe in the Artists Way. We have been given the gift of creation, and we humans have proven that we can create almost anything that we set our minds to, ...
souscayrous ’ approach to Fukuoka's Nothing is different from mine. Fukuoka had experienced ‘something’. But this ‘something’ is not ‘anything’...
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Mar 3, 2002 4:18 pm
Robert, your ideas on desert forestation are judicious and well-considered. The whole idea of "artificial irrigation" causes momentous political and ecological...
Anybody who has not read Lao Tzu's the Tao Te Ching, should consider it a must read in order to fully understand the oriental mindset. Coming from a western...
Everything has spines, thorns and needles here, even the oaks (Quercus ilex - ilex as in holly!). But I am making a livestock fence out of sloe/blackthorn...
I haven't grown Amaranth, but I have recently done some reading on it and been considering giving it a try. Thought I would add some to my mix when making...
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Mar 4, 2002 3:10 am
At 09:39 PM 2/26/02 +0100, Mr. Souscayrous wrote; ... * * * * * * * The signature You are referring to, Mr. Souscayrous, synthesizes my 24-year-long...
I have not yet done the de-stabilization of my super-hardy landscape, so that I may grow more desireable plants. I too oscillate wildly between the need to...
I am re-reading Permaculture 1, by Bill Mollison who references Fukuoka very heavily - particularly "The One Straw Revolution". He does the same in the...
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emhaz@...
Mar 4, 2002 10:51 am
about growing amaranth : i've done it in my raisedbeds garden, sowing directly in spring, it's an easy & beautiful plant to have in the garden, in the kitchen...
... The inherent dualism of western culture is indeed an impediment (*the impediment*) to our reconciliation with nature: I have, however, never drawn the...
... Alright, after this I promise I'm done with talking about Mollison. Still, I had to find out more. You've written stuff along these lines before, Emilia, ...
... snip... ... I have to concur. I don't have the text handy, but I was recently reading a book on ethnoecology and the agricultural techniques of indigenous...
... Also, many of the sample designs in the Designer's Manual feature a "Fukuoka patch." In "Road Back to Nature," there's even a photo of Fukuoka, Mollison, ...
I do not think anyone would doubt the influence of Fukuoka on Bill Mollison and particularly on permaculture. It is good to be reminded of Mollison's open...
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emhaz@...
Mar 6, 2002 1:03 pm
having had a most negative experience with bill mollison during the international pc gathering of 93 in scandinavia, i was very puzzled how permaculture could...
I am sorry to hear that Toby Hemenway's book Gaia's Garden is part of a legal tussle. I recently acquired it, and it is one of the most useful books in my...
Hi Emilia, Your post has filled the gaps. We have been wondering just what has happened in the PC movement and why Mollison seems to be 'missing'. By that I...
From: "Robert Waldrop" <rmwj@...> ... Greetings, I agree about Gaia's Garden it is an excellent source for anyone living in an urban centre or on any...
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emhaz@...
Mar 7, 2002 5:31 pm
hi, perhaps u can get the list or some adresses from elsa & jimmy: nesdelaterre@... &/or steve page: landordeath@... "permaculture" is not at...
