Bamboo nutrition Sorry to have not replied to all the interesting and helpful comments and questions on my post on bamboo nutrition. But here are a few salient...
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Infowolf1@...
infowolf1
Feb 15, 2011 4:12 am
are you talking the tall bamboo or the small bamboo? aren't some species problematic? Mary Christine Erikson In a message dated 2/14/2011 6:13:33 P.M. Pacific...
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Infowolf1@...
infowolf1
Feb 15, 2011 4:22 am
can any of these replace the honey bee for massive pollination work? In a message dated 2/13/2011 5:15:52 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ...
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Matthew Sleigh
matthew_sleigh
Feb 15, 2011 4:55 am
different insects (and birds, bats etc.) fertilise different plants. Flowers that smell of rotting meat attract certain flies, long necked flowers may attract...
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Infowolf1@...
infowolf1
Feb 15, 2011 5:23 am
uh, excuse me, but they pollinate the corn going plant to plant. without bees getting pollen and spreading it on their hairy little legs, we wouldn't have a...
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Matthew Sleigh
matthew_sleigh
Feb 15, 2011 5:51 am
the pollen of corn (Zea mays) is released into the wind from the male flowers at the top of the plant, to pollinate the corn it must touch the corn "silk"...
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Infowolf1@...
infowolf1
Feb 15, 2011 8:18 am
well, everything else is pollinated by bees. sure, wind figures also, but those bees make the bulk of transfers, scrambling plant to plant. If you read up on...
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Cyndee S
cyndeesings
Feb 15, 2011 9:43 am
The drink sounds good. Remember, juniper berries are used in making gin! Here in Germany, juniper berries (Wacholderbeeren) are used in several favorite...
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Gaardenier
gaardenierfl...
Feb 15, 2011 9:44 am
Dear friends, fruit and bee lovers, I am a bit surprised of the meager reactions and try to imagine what can be the reason. To get you on track I send first...
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Elaine Sommers
elainesommers44
Feb 15, 2011 9:44 am
Hello Joy, milk thistle, 'silybum marianum' is brilliant for liver problems. The part used is the seeds. Is the land organic or do you not know? I don't know...
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Matthew Sleigh
matthew_sleigh
Feb 15, 2011 10:01 am
Hi Mary Some groups have made serious cases for nicotinyl insecticides being the cause of disappearing bees. Nicotinyl insecticides are certainly deadly to...
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Elaine Sommers
elainesommers44
Feb 15, 2011 1:02 pm
Another fermented drink made this way is apple juice. I made 2 batches from windfalls, crab apples, and any other apples that came my way from neighbours...
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Bekki Shining Bearhea...
bekki@...
Feb 15, 2011 2:41 pm
Joy, Make medicine with the milk thistle. that's what I do. and the green part is edible (like stinging nettle, you cook it) and is good for you.You are lucky...
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Bekki Shining Bearhea...
bekki@...
Feb 15, 2011 3:51 pm
A great book to read on this is Forgotten Pollinators-- the authors also discuss the current status of pollinators --though it was written in 1996 there is...
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Peter knop
Peterknop
Feb 15, 2011 7:02 pm
I am speaking of all types. No bamboo is problematic unless planted in someone's tiny yard in the city or close to a prized plant in a large garden. . Our...
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beitharmony@...
boisenberryf...
Feb 15, 2011 10:44 pm
Hi Elaine, The chrysanthemums are Yellow. They're very pretty and I really do hate taking them out - but they grow so huge and come the summer the dried weeds...
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Infowolf1@...
infowolf1
Feb 16, 2011 12:53 am
use a weed whacker and leave the roots in place. In a message dated 2/15/2011 2:44:41 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, beitharmony@... writes: Hi Elaine, The...
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Matthew Sleigh
matthew_sleigh
Feb 16, 2011 2:28 am
... Yes, disturbing the soil will allow more seeds to grow, cutting the annual weeds before they seed will reduce the number that grow - it is not a bad green...
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Elaine Sommers
elainesommers44
Feb 16, 2011 12:25 pm
Hi Joy, as someone else mentioned, you are lucky to have the milk thistles. I haven't eaten them before but if they are young at the moment they will be full...
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francesca.owen01@...
francesca.ow...
Feb 19, 2011 9:05 pm
Hi there, I am a new member of this forum, I have been interested in Plants For A Future for a long time now and really admire the work on 'the Farm' I am...
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Matthew Sleigh
matthew_sleigh
Feb 19, 2011 11:27 pm
Hi Francesca, I'm rather disappointed by B and T's dye list, but it is not a bad place to start: ...
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travelerinthyme
Feb 20, 2011 2:24 pm
Wow, this is a cool site, I'm gonna join my regional chapter of the Herb Society of America! http://www.herbsociety.org/ ~Traveler in Thyme...
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Steve
icculus2000
Feb 20, 2011 6:17 pm
Hi Francesca, Horizon Herbs has a great search engine on their site. Just type in "DYE" and you will find some good options. Here is a link to their dye...
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Alice Yaxley
a.yaxley
Feb 21, 2011 12:15 am
Ragwort makes a dye as well, though it's a poisonous weed and can be harmful to horses if for example it gets dried up and they eat it by accident (they...
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nova wright
heavensentho...
Feb 21, 2011 12:16 am
Found this incredible something of a single stop shop for the array of plants for forest garden establishment, I am still looking for other sources for many of...
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i boter
i_b0t
Feb 21, 2011 12:16 am
Hi there, browsing the really useful plant-database, i'm wondering what version or system of plant families (taxa?) you're using? I hope my question is clear...
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Paul Mackay
pauljmackay
Feb 21, 2011 12:16 am
About the database as a wiki idea, I thought I might some work I've been doing with Freebase. I've created a couple of Freebase sites around plants, ...
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Francesca
francesca.ow...
Feb 22, 2011 7:42 am
Dear Alex Thanks you for your feedback on dye plants. I am going through the options, there seems to be so many now, my passion for plants is deepening even...
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Francesca
francesca.ow...
Feb 22, 2011 7:42 am
Dear Matthew, Thanks you for your feedback on dye plants. The table you recommended is excellent, Ive been using it loads, finding out about the history,...
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Allen Hancock
passionfruital
Feb 22, 2011 7:42 am
One Green World has a lot to offer. With ten years of experience ordering from OGW I would say that their descriptions are not always accurate. They get a...
