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Post by Alan on Feb 10, 2011 23:32:11 GMT -5
Hi George- I think its more your flora enjoy them, than they are "messing" with them. Wind is the way your bacteria say "beans is good food!" I eat beans quite a lot and dont seem to have as much of a reaction anymore, but I also eat lots of cultured foods- maybe that sways the balance of flora? Ive heard rinsing canned beans helps (it seems to for me), one bean I can not digest well are adzukis- OUCH!. Theyre cute and cook pretty quickly, its a shame! Have you tried sprouting (soaking overnight, then rinsing every 12h for 2-3 days) to see if that helps? Carol Deppe covers this pretty well in the Resilient Gardener, I'll ask her if she minds if I quote the relevant text, if not I'll post it here, but everything you mentioned above is pretty close to what she wrote there as well, good advice from two very smart folks!
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Post by Alan on Feb 10, 2011 23:29:35 GMT -5
Theres some excellent videos on youtube via Sepp Holtzer on this method. Guy has some great ideas, even though he is using large equipment to get the job done, it could be adapted to a small scale easily.
To some extent I have been doing it in our lumber lot at the back of the property. An area that was open field 30 years ago that grew into brush and fairly worthless and twisted up trees of cherry, tulip poplar, walnut, and cedar. I cut the cedar posts which were used in the peasant barn and for the trellis and now the root cellar among other projects, the smaller poplar became posts for inside the barn, and the larger trees of various species became fire wood.
I'm clearing it to broth improve the health of the forrest surrounding this spot as well as to open the field back up first to annual agriculture and then to perrinial fruiting trees and bushes and for the eventual site of a small portable sawmill w/barn and hopefully a house for Kim and I.
On the margins I pushed up large brush piles made of small cut up branches via tree tops, I toyed with burning them once, but after noticing the number of bees and other pollinators frequenting these piles I decided to leave them, besides I'm not done cutting wood there yet since it's a multi year project and they aren't in the way. I figure I'll leave them until I am done, then burn what's left, this should give some excellent soil for a future investment.
They are also keen attractors of rabbits and squirrels, helping to feed my rodent eating habbit all winter long!
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Post by Alan on Feb 10, 2011 23:16:14 GMT -5
I had the same problem yesterday, now, there is black instead of blue in my screen, I wonder if Alan didn't try to change it a bit. The darn guy is stuck in the bottom of Indiana, he needs to do something out of his life, add color to it...that kind of thing ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D P.S. ''Dating service for elves'' You have to be more positive. The picture of Ottawagardener is perfectly clear in your sceen...you noticed the elves??? Gosh... It is true you did not saw the body hugging silver dress she wore when we met last spring Believe me, with memories of such an elegant and classy and beautiful woman you would never have focused on the elves LOL, good one my friend. I still need your phone number and addy buddy! I have seeds for you and have been working on discussed business. As far as forum color, if your getting anything other than black white and blue, hold ctrl r and refresh your page, it should update, if not go to profile, modify profile, and change skin to default. Sorry for all the trouble guys, but changing colors on this forum is a pain in the ass as there is no preview option and apparently it updates when it decides it wants to.
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Post by Alan on Feb 10, 2011 16:28:11 GMT -5
All problems should be fixed now, black on white, blue links.
Any suggestions, I wanted something that stood out more, but the bright colors are almost too bright, this is not helped by the fact that there is no "preview" option in the admin settings.
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Post by Alan on Feb 6, 2011 18:26:17 GMT -5
To Bad there isn't anyone doing research on apple varieties from the USDA as they have a extensive amount of apple varieties that could be tapped into. I did some grafting on two small apple trees I had to give me more varieties, I got some grafting material from a guy that teaches grafting up North. I had sent him some apple tree scions from a old variety that was due to be cut down buy the road crew, I'm watching another one that is near another road, but I don't have any more grafting space on my trees, although I do have a big flowering crab that I could graft onto in case the road crew decide to take it out also. Do you have a tree that you could graft scion wood onto? That would give you a chance to get results quicker than growing from seeds, you could get a set up to get various cuttings and root them. Where I'm at, most of the really good varieties have long been cut down, and the nearest commercial Apple Orchards have replaced their older trees with fancy quick sale, but tasteless apples. If you can do some grating you might want to take a look around to see if there are apple trees that you could get cuttings of. George W. Hello George, I am experimenting and examining a ton of USDA material including the Kazak apples and have been grafting for a few years now. The seed growing is more of an experiment in both breeding/filling in gaps in the surrounding forrest as well as for future rootstock. There is a ton of great USDA material and I know there are others here who have pulled some stuff to grow as well.
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Post by Alan on Feb 6, 2011 18:22:35 GMT -5
I'll start saving now Alan. I can probably add a fair amount the end of this year, because I will be pressing juice again. Just a thought, but if you are going to be sprouting and planting them anyway, can't you just spread out what's in the worm bin, and pick them out as they sprout? Or do a good rinse and float off? Thanks Grunt! I could do that, the problem is a good portion of the castings will be needed for potting mixes.....that's what I get for thinking I had a good idea last fall!
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Post by Alan on Feb 6, 2011 18:20:53 GMT -5
How quickly do you need them? I have an ancient apple tree that I'm trying to restore. It is growing right up against and under the canopy of a fairly old Ash tree. So either this ancient gnarly apple grew next to the Ash or (more likely) this Ash took root next to the apple. It seems to be fairly productive still. If you don't need seeds right away, I can save some for you next year. I have no idea what the variety is, but it's hardy and productive with little to no care on my part other than pruning. I may be able to find a few young apple tree saplings around if you'd be interested. I've seen a few pop up here and there around the property and I'm pretty sure they are offspring from this ancient one. I'd really like to see the genetics saved. This is a Brown County, Indiana apple tree, so should do well for you. No hurry on seeds, this is an ongoing breeding project essentially, I'd definitely be interested in some, particularly since it too is from Indiana.
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Post by Alan on Feb 4, 2011 17:52:23 GMT -5
Pretty much anything, even those grocery store ones. Drying them out after they are taken from the fruit shouldn't hurt them, it let's you store them for a bit anyhow. Same idea here. I've got quite a few apple seeds, I stratified them in the worm bins with the pulp from an apple pressing operation, so finding them is kind of a pain, a mistake I won't make again.
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Post by Alan on Feb 4, 2011 16:39:16 GMT -5
Save seeds and send 'em this way? Would gladly reciprocate with anything from the face of the earth seed list. Will take as many as I can get, both for future rootstock and for growing out over time to look at from a breeding perspective.
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Post by Alan on Feb 2, 2011 18:53:47 GMT -5
Do you plan on saving seed from individual varieties or create mixes of hot and sweet types? In time they will likely be incorporated into grexes, but I'll definitely grow them out to check their individual characteristics first and make notation of what I think is useful.
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Post by Alan on Feb 2, 2011 18:53:05 GMT -5
Do you have Aji Flor (orchid pepper) yet? Just ordered Alma paprika and Chocolate bell. Will bring you some Hinklehatz seedlings if I have good germination (^ some of MJCs actually :-) I don't have the Orchid or the Hinklehatz, would love to have them though.
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Post by Alan on Feb 1, 2011 22:53:10 GMT -5
Looking for diversity, lots and lots of diversity in both hot and sweet peppers. Want to add to what I've been working with.
Can trade from Face Of The Earth list or send SASE.
Thanks Guys!
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Post by Alan on Jan 18, 2011 23:19:27 GMT -5
I'm looking for some diversity within this species as my friend and author extrodinaire (the cultivators handbook of natural tobacco) is sending me some very sacred seed which I will blog about soon. I would like to compare and contrast varieties both in terms of agronomics and ritual use (maybe).
Yes, I know, it's very high nicotine.
Anyhow, will gladly trade some of my El Diablo tobacco seed grex w/tons of diversity for some samples.
Anybody with any of the ones from Native Seeds/SEARCH?
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Post by Alan on Jan 18, 2011 23:15:26 GMT -5
Part 1. Yes, and your welcome to come here Part 2. Anything and everything you can think of in all of the above categories.
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Post by Alan on Jan 17, 2011 23:42:52 GMT -5
Michael, I need your addy and phone number buddy. I have seeds and ideas for you.
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