Re: Re: OK, confession time...

[Guest guest]

I agree.I have mixed it up in dirt for flowers.  One thing though, I don't want

to hear how mushrooms are grown.  I'll think of mine as wild and growing on

bark that is rotting.  So please do not tell me differently. 

Carolyn Wilkerson

 

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 1:04 PM

Subject: Re: OK, confession time...

 

I guess my issue with poo in my food is just simply from knowing that I don't

NEED it-I can ammend my soil in so many other ways, without having thoughts of

dung being on my food. I was taught in kindergarten not to combine poo and food,

and I guess it just stuck with me. The idea of INTENTIONALLY putting poo on my

food just doesn't make sense to me. Personal choice, but my garden has always

thrived, despite no poo. In fact, my garden is MUCH more productive than my

father in law's, and he grows on a much larger, more complex scale than I do,

yet I always end up with a higher yield. I feel the same way about

pesticides...why use them if their are " better " choices? I think ANY of us would

be hard pressed to go along with slathering dung on our faces as a mud pack, so

I see no point in putting it on something I intend to consume. I like that I can

pluck stuff from my gardens, give it a quick little rinse to get soil off, and

consume it without worry about

bacteria...or poo, lol.

>

> I never could really understand 's issues with poo in compost ­ after

> all, organic composted poo has been used for years and in the process of

> breaking down, it would go to high heats, etc. - but I never said anything ­

> after all, we are all entitled to our opinion - but then, I listened to a

> talk (The May 10 talk) by s Kalcker on an autism webinar.

> http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mms-autism-webinar

>

> It's free, 1 hr and 10 minutes or so, and andreas is talking about parasites

> ­ an icky topic, but one close to my heart since I lived in Japan and India

> ­ definitely had amoebas in India, and who knows what else. The WHO says 1

> in 4 people have parasites ­ Anyway, s talks about them there ­ he's

> not pushing MMS for parasites ­ more the older cures like DE or castor oil

> or walnut tincture ­ he doesn't suggest any one cure - although he

> recommends definite hand washing, if you're outside in the soil ­ and he

> talks about " organic food " - The thing that really got my attention was his

> whole talk on parasitology, how kids playing in sandboxes that had a visit

> from the local pooch may get infected and never know it.

>

> So, if you have some time, I strongly suggest listening ­ it's good

> information to have.

>

> Pam

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

You are so ingenious, .  One of these years I need to meet you.  You

inspire me, not enough as I need but then it takes a lot.  My fault, not

yours.  What are totum bags?  Is that teepe shaped like totem?  Or is it

something special?  And what do they grow on or in, just air?  Where do you

get mushroom spores?  I don't think I have any rotted logs here but maybe I

could find one someplace.  Don't want to attract ants though.  I am pushing it

a bit for a senior mobile home park where it is thought of as a resort where

the French Canadians come.  I keep the veggies in the back, or that is where I

am putting them.  I did have a tomato tree out front and only thing still

growing is chives and it has flowered.  So can I plant the flowers and get more

chives or do I wait for flowers to dry or what?  I am going to toss out that

bag as it rotted out.  I called Topsy Turvey and they are going to send me a

free bag.  Haven't gotten it

yet.  Actually going to send me 8 as I bought 8 of them last year.  She also

suggested I use peat moss to plant in rather than the potting soil (not so

heavy) and just a bit of potting soil.  Would peat keep it when it is not

hydroponic?  I was concerned about getting enough water in it.  It has a lid

on top but has holes in it.   One tomato did okay but other one did nothing

(well had 2 plants and were eaten by bugs or birds (regular size tomatoes).  I

am going to plant 3 corn with about 3 beans for each corn and then put squash on

the bottom in that LTD Commodities planter with the water on the bottom that can

be pulled around on the wheels for sun/shade mix if I need it.   Can I plant

all at the same time or does the corn have to be put in first and wait a certain

time period?  There is the plastic trellis on the back of it.  I may put some

onions on the front of that and hope they will grow and I am not overcrowding

them.  Itis not as

big as an earth box but has a handle and rollers at the back and the trellis

comes with it and doesn't have to be bought separately.  After my first I got 2

more, but have to plant those 2.  I need to clean up my camera and get new

batteries or charge them and try to do a video.  I am not sure that will work

or not. 

 

Carolyn Wilkerson

 

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 1:47 PM

Subject: Re: OK, confession time...

 

I don't grow my mushrooms in poo either, lol. I grow them in a rotting log, or

in a substrate, such as coir. I actually made some " totum " type bags that I put

mushroom spores in, and they grew out the sides of the bags. Again, no poo

needed!

> >

> > I never could really understand 's issues with poo in compost ­

after

> > all, organic composted poo has been used for years and in the process of

> > breaking down, it would go to high heats, etc. - but I never said anything

­

> > after all, we are all entitled to our opinion - but then, I listened to a

> > talk (The May 10 talk) by s Kalcker on an autism webinar.

> > http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mms-autism-webinar

> >

> > It's free, 1 hr and 10 minutes or so, and andreas is talking about parasites

> > ­ an icky topic, but one close to my heart since I lived in Japan and

India

> > ­ definitely had amoebas in India, and who knows what else. The WHO says

1

> > in 4 people have parasites ­ Anyway, s talks about them there ­

he's

> > not pushing MMS for parasites ­ more the older cures like DE or castor

oil

> > or walnut tincture ­ he doesn't suggest any one cure - although he

> > recommends definite hand washing, if you're outside in the soil ­ and he

> > talks about " organic food " - The thing that really got my attention was his

> > whole talk on parasitology, how kids playing in sandboxes that had a visit

> > from the local pooch may get infected and never know it.

> >

> > So, if you have some time, I strongly suggest listening ­ it's good

> > information to have.

> >

> > Pam

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >