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Re: [Livingontheland] toxins effect on premature labor
- From: "Claudia & Linda" <dragonhill2@netzero.net>
- To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] toxins effect on premature labor
- Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:36:38 -0500
The power company sent a tree cutting service thru
to cut down all the trees and brush on our front fence line which runs under
their power lines. I disconcerted them by insisting they NOT haul off all
the brush and trees they cut, but rather, put it across the fence into my
pasture. They didn't understand this at all, but I gained 1) browse for my
animals 2) firewood 3) wood for many projects, e.g. hurdles, shelters, poles,
tools, craft projects, etc. 4) brush to fill in wash areas on a steep slope and
these brush piles will also make nice huglekulture areas next spring.
Last, but not least, keeping all this wood and brush on our property complies
with a maxim I try to adhere to: Don't let any more of the fertility of
the land, leave the land than absolutely necessary. Those trees grew from
the fertility of our soil. Why shouldn't that go back into our soil?
Areas that have poor clay soil and are subject to erosion can be helped by
having brush piles strategically placed, covered with manure from the barn,
planted with vine crops and allowed to break down to return their nutrients to
the soil over time.
And, to get to the spraying that the utility
company followed up the clear-cutting with, I am lucky enough to work full time
on the farm now and was watching for the contracted sprayer. When he
arrived, I met him, told him I have milk goats that could not be exposed to the
possible harmful effects of herbicide sprays and that I myself am very chemical
sensitive (true) and I really didn't want him to spray along my property as I
feared for my health. He didn't argue a bit. Didn't even have to
remind him on his subsequent return visits. Other trees and brush up and
down the line are brown and dying. Ours isn't. This won't make the
utility company happy, of course, but it will be years before they will have to
worry about anything that grows along the line. Besides, what they have
done, in effect, is pollard the trees, meaning I will have all sorts of useful
wood for making hurdles, woven fence panels, trellises, and whatever else my
imagination can come up with.
Claudia
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[Livingontheland] toxins effect on premature labor,
Carrie Shepard, 08/18/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] toxins effect on premature labor,
Claudia & Linda, 08/19/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] toxins effect on premature labor,
TradingPostPaul, 08/19/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] toxins effect on premature labor,
TradingPostPaul, 08/19/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] toxins effect on premature labor,
Claudia & Linda, 08/19/2006
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[Livingontheland] toxins effect on premature labor,
Carrie Shepard, 08/18/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] perennial native grasses->mycorrhizae,
TradingPostPaul, 08/17/2006
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