From mikerock at mhtc.net Sun Oct 1 19:37:54 2017 From: mikerock at mhtc.net (Mike Rock) Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2017 18:37:54 -0500 Subject: [Market-farming] BG 56 C-E Handheld Blower - Powerful Gas Leaf Blowers | STIHL USA Message-ID: <64b66073-14a8-c499-14cf-9d2f8b4dcd4b@mhtc.net> https://www.stihlusa.com/products/blowers-and-shredder-vacs/homeowner-blowers/bg56ce/ One bee blaster!? Love it.? Beats a brush for sure. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From karen at rootsfarm.info Wed Oct 25 19:32:29 2017 From: karen at rootsfarm.info (karen sutherland) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 23:32:29 +0000 Subject: [Market-farming] storms In-Reply-To: <2c1b094f-49a2-3d10-71a7-93228ab62ecf@mhtc.net> References: <2c1b094f-49a2-3d10-71a7-93228ab62ecf@mhtc.net> Message-ID: Ah, Mike. Finally have some limited and erratic email capacity via cell phone. Thanks so much for your sweet note. We're coping. Scenario is unbelievably awful but we are luckier than many -- Alive, uninjured, house with roof, water, used to hard work and in the country, not city. Farm and home garden destroyed, along with all Dominica's agriculture but we are making strides with the massive clean-up and have been replanting short and midterm crops at home garden to help with current and continuing food crisis. Farm accessible only with Herculean effort to get over and through the downed and hanging rainforest trees. May be months yet before electricity returns. Weather continues to be freaky.-- crazy wind, blazing sun and no shade as most trees gone and those that survived stripped of everything except trunks. But green starting to spread as trees leaf out. Even flowers on the denuded fruit trees that survived. And the nights are full of frog and insect song and, with no lights, full of stars. Best wishes to all, Karen On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 10:38 PM Mike Rock wrote: > Karen, > I doubt you will even see this but know I am thinking of you down there > with the storms. > > God bless and keep you safe. > > Mike Rock > Argyle, WI > With draft horses and mulefoot piggies. > > And I thought we had problems when we lost our garlic crop to wet ground > and the cabbages to too much rain...... I hope you are well. > If there is something we can do, let us know. > Prayers > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > -- Karen Sutherland Roots Farm Organic Produce fruits, roots, vegetables & herbs Cochrane, Dominica 767-449-3038 (before 7 P.M.) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From organic87 at frontiernet.net Wed Oct 25 19:47:28 2017 From: organic87 at frontiernet.net (Road's End Farm) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 19:47:28 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] storms In-Reply-To: References: <2c1b094f-49a2-3d10-71a7-93228ab62ecf@mhtc.net> Message-ID: Karen! very glad to hear that at least you're unhurt and have water and shelter. I don't know what to say about what sounds like nearly unimaginable damage, in Dominica and elsewhere. But that is an amazing ending to your email, full of song and stars. -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce, small scale On Oct 25, 2017, at 7:32 PM, karen sutherland wrote: > Ah, Mike. Finally have some limited and erratic email capacity via cell phone. Thanks so much for your sweet note. We're coping. Scenario is unbelievably awful but we are luckier than many -- Alive, uninjured, house with roof, water, used to hard work and in the country, not city. 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URL: From deb at mobiusfields.com Thu Oct 26 15:55:47 2017 From: deb at mobiusfields.com (Deb Taft) Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:55:47 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] storms In-Reply-To: References: <2c1b094f-49a2-3d10-71a7-93228ab62ecf@mhtc.net> Message-ID: So glad to hear from you, Karen. What a mess. Sending good vibes for a rapid recovery on all fronts. Need seed or anything else we could send you? Is it possible to get packages? Thanks, Mike, for shouting out to Karen through the list. I miss this community. Warmth to all, Deb On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 7:47 PM, Road's End Farm wrote: > Karen! very glad to hear that at least you're unhurt and have water and > shelter. > > I don't know what to say about what sounds like nearly unimaginable > damage, in Dominica and elsewhere. But that is an amazing ending to your > email, full of song and stars. > > > -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think > Fresh-market organic produce, small scale > > > On Oct 25, 2017, at 7:32 PM, karen sutherland wrote: > > Ah, Mike. Finally have some limited and erratic email capacity via cell > phone. Thanks so much for your sweet note. We're coping. Scenario is > unbelievably awful but we are luckier than many -- Alive, uninjured, house > with roof, water, used to hard work and in the country, not city. Farm and > home garden destroyed, along with all Dominica's agriculture but we are > making strides with the massive clean-up and have been replanting short and > midterm crops at home garden to help with current and continuing food > crisis. Farm accessible only with Herculean effort to get over and through > the downed and hanging rainforest trees. May be months yet before > electricity returns. 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URL: From karen at rootsfarm.info Thu Oct 26 16:37:28 2017 From: karen at rootsfarm.info (karen sutherland) Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:37:28 +0000 Subject: [Market-farming] storms In-Reply-To: References: <2c1b094f-49a2-3d10-71a7-93228ab62ecf@mhtc.net> Message-ID: Thanks, Deb. Right now don't need seed as my lovely seed collection has to get used since no refrigeration to help it keep. Would love an ice cold anything-- even an ice cube. Without trees and leaves for shade, tropics can get warm..... All best wishes , karen On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 3:56 PM Deb Taft wrote: > > > So glad to hear from you, Karen. What a mess. Sending good vibes for a > rapid recovery on all fronts. > > Need seed or anything else we could send you? Is it possible to get > packages? > > Thanks, Mike, for shouting out to Karen through the list. I miss this > community. > > Warmth to all, > Deb > > > > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 7:47 PM, Road's End Farm < > organic87 at frontiernet.net> wrote: > >> Karen! very glad to hear that at least you're unhurt and have water and >> shelter. >> >> I don't know what to say about what sounds like nearly unimaginable >> damage, in Dominica and elsewhere. But that is an amazing ending to your >> email, full of song and stars. >> >> >> -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think >> Fresh-market organic produce, small scale >> >> >> On Oct 25, 2017, at 7:32 PM, karen sutherland wrote: >> >> Ah, Mike. Finally have some limited and erratic email capacity via cell >> phone. Thanks so much for your sweet note. We're coping. Scenario is >> unbelievably awful but we are luckier than many -- Alive, uninjured, house >> with roof, water, used to hard work and in the country, not city. Farm and >> home garden destroyed, along with all Dominica's agriculture but we are >> making strides with the massive clean-up and have been replanting short and >> midterm crops at home garden to help with current and continuing food >> crisis. Farm accessible only with Herculean effort to get over and through >> the downed and hanging rainforest trees. May be months yet before >> electricity returns. Weather continues to be freaky.-- crazy wind, blazing >> sun and no shade as most trees gone and those that survived stripped of >> everything except trunks. But green starting to spread as trees leaf out. >> Even flowers on the denuded fruit trees that survived. And the nights are >> full of frog and insect song and, with no lights, full of stars. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Market-farming mailing list >> Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org >> https://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming >> >> Market Farming List Archives may be found here: >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ >> Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email >> address and password): >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Market-farming mailing list > Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org > https://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > > Market Farming List Archives may be found here: > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ > Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email > address and password): > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming > -- Karen Sutherland Roots Farm Organic Produce fruits, roots, vegetables & herbs Cochrane, Dominica 767-449-3038 (before 7 P.M.) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kenbez at hotmail.com Thu Oct 26 20:04:40 2017 From: kenbez at hotmail.com (Ken Bezilla) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 00:04:40 +0000 Subject: [Market-farming] storms In-Reply-To: References: <2c1b094f-49a2-3d10-71a7-93228ab62ecf@mhtc.net> , Message-ID: hi Karen -- What Deb said -- if you know anyone traveling to the DR who could bring seeds in with them, we could send them a bunch of donation seeds to bring in! Ken Bezilla Southern Exposure Seed Exchange central VA ________________________________ From: Market-farming on behalf of Deb Taft Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 3:55 PM To: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] storms So glad to hear from you, Karen. What a mess. Sending good vibes for a rapid recovery on all fronts. Need seed or anything else we could send you? Is it possible to get packages? Thanks, Mike, for shouting out to Karen through the list. I miss this community. Warmth to all, Deb On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 7:47 PM, Road's End Farm > wrote: Karen! very glad to hear that at least you're unhurt and have water and shelter. I don't know what to say about what sounds like nearly unimaginable damage, in Dominica and elsewhere. But that is an amazing ending to your email, full of song and stars. -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce, small scale On Oct 25, 2017, at 7:32 PM, karen sutherland wrote: Ah, Mike. Finally have some limited and erratic email capacity via cell phone. Thanks so much for your sweet note. We're coping. Scenario is unbelievably awful but we are luckier than many -- Alive, uninjured, house with roof, water, used to hard work and in the country, not city. Farm and home garden destroyed, along with all Dominica's agriculture but we are making strides with the massive clean-up and have been replanting short and midterm crops at home garden to help with current and continuing food crisis. 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URL: From eglatyne at tds.net Fri Oct 27 01:50:12 2017 From: eglatyne at tds.net (eglatyne at tds.net) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 01:50:12 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Market-farming] put me on the list Message-ID: <1453515339.238586781.1509083412364.JavaMail.zimbra@tds.net> I've enjoyed this magazine for years but I didn't know there were also hard copies, all I've been getting is discussion of current problems Thank you so much Carol Thomas From karen at rootsfarm.info Fri Oct 27 06:41:38 2017 From: karen at rootsfarm.info (karen sutherland) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:41:38 +0000 Subject: [Market-farming] storms In-Reply-To: References: <2c1b094f-49a2-3d10-71a7-93228ab62ecf@mhtc.net> Message-ID: Thanks, Ken. Importing seed here --(NOT DR, incidentally, but Dominica -- one of the Windward Islands, between Guadeloupe and Martinique) not so simple. Govt requires commercial packaging. Survival realities require varieties that will do well here as we don't have luxury of experimentation/crop failure right now. Seeds are certainly a priority though and I "generally" find SESE seeds work well here. (You should taste what our soil does with your Granex and Grano onions - better than Vidalias! ). If I am able to find possible "mule" will send to list. Many thanks, all, and all best wishes, karen On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 12:39 AM Ken Bezilla wrote: > hi Karen -- > > > What Deb said -- if you know anyone traveling to the DR who could bring > seeds in with them, we could send them a bunch of donation seeds to bring > in! > > > Ken Bezilla > > Southern Exposure Seed Exchange > > central VA > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Market-farming on > behalf of Deb Taft > *Sent:* Thursday, October 26, 2017 3:55 PM > *To:* Market Farming > *Subject:* Re: [Market-farming] storms > > > > So glad to hear from you, Karen. What a mess. Sending good vibes for a > rapid recovery on all fronts. > > Need seed or anything else we could send you? Is it possible to get > packages? > > Thanks, Mike, for shouting out to Karen through the list. I miss this > community. > > Warmth to all, > Deb > > > > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 7:47 PM, Road's End Farm < > organic87 at frontiernet.net> wrote: > >> Karen! very glad to hear that at least you're unhurt and have water and >> shelter. >> >> I don't know what to say about what sounds like nearly unimaginable >> damage, in Dominica and elsewhere. But that is an amazing ending to your >> email, full of song and stars. >> >> >> -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think >> Fresh-market organic produce, small scale >> >> >> On Oct 25, 2017, at 7:32 PM, karen sutherland wrote: >> >> Ah, Mike. Finally have some limited and erratic email capacity via cell >> phone. Thanks so much for your sweet note. We're coping. Scenario is >> unbelievably awful but we are luckier than many -- Alive, uninjured, house >> with roof, water, used to hard work and in the country, not city. Farm and >> home garden destroyed, along with all Dominica's agriculture but we are >> making strides with the massive clean-up and have been replanting short and >> midterm crops at home garden to help with current and continuing food >> crisis. Farm accessible only with Herculean effort to get over and through >> the downed and hanging rainforest trees. May be months yet before >> electricity returns. Weather continues to be freaky.-- crazy wind, blazing >> sun and no shade as most trees gone and those that survived stripped of >> everything except trunks. But green starting to spread as trees leaf out. >> Even flowers on the denuded fruit trees that survived. And the nights are >> full of frog and insect song and, with no lights, full of stars. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Market-farming mailing list >> Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org >> https://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming >> >> Market Farming List Archives may be found here: >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ >> Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email >> address and password): >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Market-farming mailing list > Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org > https://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > > Market Farming List Archives may be found here: > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ > Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email > address and password): > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming > -- Karen Sutherland Roots Farm Organic Produce fruits, roots, vegetables & herbs Cochrane, Dominica 767-449-3038 (before 7 P.M.) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From organic87 at frontiernet.net Fri Oct 27 08:35:03 2017 From: organic87 at frontiernet.net (Road's End Farm) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 08:35:03 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] storms In-Reply-To: References: <2c1b094f-49a2-3d10-71a7-93228ab62ecf@mhtc.net> Message-ID: <933B1FEB-A8BC-4267-8895-AB2D143E467C@frontiernet.net> Would a gift certificate to SESE (or somebody else, for that matter) work better? I can't contribute right now, but may be able to later on this winter. -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce, small scale On Oct 27, 2017, at 6:41 AM, karen sutherland wrote: > Thanks, Ken. Importing seed here --(NOT DR, incidentally, but Dominica -- one of the Windward Islands, between Guadeloupe and Martinique) not so simple. Govt requires commercial packaging. Survival realities require varieties that will do well here as we don't have luxury of experimentation/crop failure right now. Seeds are certainly a priority though and I "generally" find SESE seeds work well here. (You should taste what our soil does with your Granex and Grano onions - better than Vidalias! ). If I am able to find possible "mule" will send to list. Many thanks, all, and all best wishes, karen > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karen at rootsfarm.info Fri Oct 27 10:38:53 2017 From: karen at rootsfarm.info (karen sutherland) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 14:38:53 +0000 Subject: [Market-farming] storms In-Reply-To: <933B1FEB-A8BC-4267-8895-AB2D143E467C@frontiernet.net> References: <2c1b094f-49a2-3d10-71a7-93228ab62ecf@mhtc.net> <933B1FEB-A8BC-4267-8895-AB2D143E467C@frontiernet.net> Message-ID: Yes. Gift certificate to SESE or Fedco great idea. Shipping could then be worked out as most companies don't ship to Dominica and no mail service for ??? longer. Thanks and all best wishes, karen On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 8:42 AM Road's End Farm wrote: > Would a gift certificate to SESE (or somebody else, for that matter) work > better? > > I can't contribute right now, but may be able to later on this winter. > > > > -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think > Fresh-market organic produce, small scale > > > On Oct 27, 2017, at 6:41 AM, karen sutherland wrote: > > Thanks, Ken. Importing seed here --(NOT DR, incidentally, but Dominica -- > one of the Windward Islands, between Guadeloupe and Martinique) not so > simple. Govt requires commercial packaging. Survival realities require > varieties that will do well here as we don't have luxury of > experimentation/crop failure right now. Seeds are certainly a priority > though and I "generally" find SESE seeds work well here. (You should taste > what our soil does with your Granex and Grano onions - better than > Vidalias! ). If I am able to find possible "mule" will send to list. Many > thanks, all, and all best wishes, karen > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Market-farming mailing list > Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org > https://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > > Market Farming List Archives may be found here: > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ > Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email > address and password): > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming > -- Karen Sutherland Roots Farm Organic Produce fruits, roots, vegetables & herbs Cochrane, Dominica 767-449-3038 (before 7 P.M.) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: