To: All Re: mustard weed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @MSGID: 1:231/710 2F04ED49 we have the opportunity to crop an adjacent field to our organic farm.the problem is that this neighbouring farm has been known as a mustard farm for ages!! we would like to treat the field organically and work with the field. Any ideas??? we would like to plant organic soybeans or winter wheat. --- QuickBBS 2.80 Ovr (Zeta-1) * Origin: * The H.O.M.E. BBS - (317) 539-6579 * (1:231/710) @PATH: 231/710 2880 50 3615/50 3641/1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (1141) Sat 7 Jan 95 16:35 By: Helen Fleischer To: Paul Beach Re: high low tech ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @MSGID: 1:261/1137@fidonet.org 13922712 HF> So, if you have a worm bin, or any other uses for shredded newspaper, HF> now you have another reason to haunt yard sales for old pasta machines. PB> They worms don't care how the paper looks. Just rip away. Yes, but the 'noodle' shreds are finer and moisten up faster and more evenly, and the pasta machine makes the job go a LOT faster. Besides, it's nice to find a use for that side of the machine now that it has been retired to the art studio. ... Confection is good for the soul. * Q-Blue 1.0 --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: * MetroNet * Columbia, MD * (1:261/1137.0) @PATH: 261/1137 1023 396/1 3615/50 3641/1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (1169) Sun 8 Jan 95 21:28 By: Lawrence London To: ALL Re: Farming St: Local Sent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @MSGID: 1:3641/1.502 04154040 @PID: FM 2.02 * Forwarded from "HOME-N-GRDN" * Originally by Melissa Nadeau * Originally to All * Originally dated 6 Jan 1995, 14:10 My husband and I are considering purchasing 25 or so acres in Virginia. We are considering two lots, one is mostly wooded and the other is wooded with some pastures. We would like to be able to turn a profit with the land so that we would not have to work much at conventional jobs. Does anyone have any ideas as to what types of revenue could be generated from owning this land. We have never farmed before, what would be an easy beginner crop and where would we find resources to teach us what to do? Another option for this much land would be to board horses or raise animals which we don't know much about either! Any suggestions for us? --- * Origin: EARTH*Net-Host:SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE Echo (1:3641/1.502) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (1259) Mon 9 Jan 95 17:47 By: Sheryl Moore To: Cathy Mcgregorsmith Re: mustard weed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @MSGID: 1:147/180@fidonet.org 14920484 first,till that crap BEFORE it seeds!i planted it once.that's all it takes.i'll bet that guy did not have over $1 worth of seed in the place in all those years,and that was the first planting.second,if you till ONLY on barren days,according to the almanac,you will kill it out in one season.if you do not till EVERY plant before it seeds,you will have another crop of mustard next year..and the year after..and the year after...and....... --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: MEDICUS BBS in Edmond, OK 405-478-8250 (1:147/180) @PATH: 147/180 20 3615/50 3641/1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (1275) Mon 9 Jan 95 18:33 By: Helen Fleischer To: Cathy Mcgregorsmith Re: mustard weed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @MSGID: 1:261/1137@fidonet.org 1493c167 CM> we have the opportunity to crop an adjacent field to our organic CM> farm.the CM> problem is that this neighbouring farm has been known as a mustard farm CM> for CM> ages!! we would like to treat the field organically and work with the CM> field. CM> Any ideas??? CM> we would like to plant organic soybeans or winter wheat. Not that I've ever tried it myself, but Dick Raymond swears by buckwheat as a dense cover crop to choke out persistent or perennial weeds. I think for the real stinkers, he plants it, gets it just about to bloom stage, tills it in, then replants it. That uses up a good part of the growing season, but improves tilth at the same time as it is choking out weeds. For severe cases in places with long growing seasons, he sometimes squeezes in a triple succession. The trick is that the weeds do sprout, then get crowded out by the faster growing buckwheat, as I recall. You might check your library for some of his books, to get more specifics. Also Storey's sells a small but valuable handbook on green manures that may be worth looking into. Costs about a dollar, as I recall. A summer of such green manure might prepare your plot for a fall crop of some sort. ... Spent so much on the loom, I've got nothing weft! * Q-Blue 1.0 --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: * MetroNet * Columbia, MD * (1:261/1137.0) @PATH: 261/1137 1023 396/1 3615/50 3641/1