Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Terry Wereb <frostedacres@gmail.com>]

Paul, I don't get to read and follow this list the way I used to--but as a member, it is nice to have someplace where one's intelligence isn't scorned, and where there is always something 'new and exciting' to learn. I cannot even begin to count the number of "out of curiosity" research tangents I have taken as a result of following a link  supplied by another list member.
  Oh, I bought some 'red trout worms' yesterday, and am trying my hand at vermiculture. if I don't kill the poor things, I will purchase a larger quantiity in a few months. I can't let all my rabbit waste just sit there, can I?

 Terry W
Frosted acres

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote:

Very good. Did I ever say I'm always impressed with the overall quality (for lack of another word) of posts on this list? Extremely gratifying for a listowner.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

"I have done without electricity, and tend the fireplace and stove myself. Evenings, I light the old lamps. There is no running water, and I pump the water from the well. I chop the wood and cook the food. These simple acts make man simple; and how difficult it is to be simple! . . . Silence surrounds me, almost audibly, and I live  "in modest harmony with nature". Thoughts rise to the surface which reach back into the centuries, and accordingly anticipate a remote future. Here the torment of creation is lessened; creativity and play are close together."
 - Carl Jung, "Memories, Dreams, and Reflections"

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On 10/20/2009 at 9:45 AM Terry Wereb wrote:

>WOW!!!  I read a research article last year that actually encouraged the
>use
>of hooved animals to minimize a plant parasite of wheat--The idea was
>this--
>the wheat gets harvested, then sheep or cattle are let out on the field
>while the field is 'soggy' to graze. The grazing actually has the animal
>ingesting the adult stage of the pest,  the result is death of the
>parasite.
>The pugging of the soil buries the eggs of this pest deep enough that many
>cannot hatch. So, the grazers are part of an Integrated Pest Management
>(IPM) cycle.
> Nature knows how to make things work-- more people should be paying
>attention to her....but then, here, that is preaching to the choir, isn't
>it?
>
> Terry W
>
>On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:52 AM, <mdnagel@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>  Exactly!
>>
>> It has been PROVEN that animals actually are beneficial for grasses
>> (whether grass itself is best for livestock is something that I could
>bring
>> up in a separate discussion).
>>
>> Grass farmers are now intentionally encouraging trampling of lots of the
>> grass in order to create soil contact, which, not only helps embed grass
>> seed into the soil, but also provides food for soil microbes.  These
>farmers
>> know what works: they monitor things very closely, and can easily
>> demonstrate the results (via better stands of grass, not to mention
>through
>> brix testing).
>>
>

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