Hi!
I have really enjoyed the e-mails and so forth on kefir making, however, for
the time being, I would like to be pulled from the e-mail list. Thanks..
ls7672@...
-----Original Message-----
From: Dominic N. Anfiteatro [mailto:dna@...]
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 3:09 PM
To: Kefir_making@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Kefir_making] Re: OT: To Dominic
Hello Kefir_mama,
----- Original Message -----
From kefir_mama;
> You bet I will! I plan to grow bamboo groves for this purpose (as
> well as for privacy screens, food, baskets and crafts).
This is a good idea. This way you'll replace back O2 through the next crop
utilizing Co2 , due to burning the previous crop of bamboo (renewable energy
and recycling Co2 pollution... a balanced relationship with Mama earth).
> Do you burn wood yourself, or do you buy a commercial product?
At present I rely on my parent's combustion heater and cooker for ash.
> I'm currently renting without a fireplace, so if I wanted to make a
> switch, I'd have to borrow someone's fireplace, or buy something.
> Buying would be okay, because I'm sure it would still save money over
> commercial products.
It will certainly would pay for itself in the long run.
> > I have my dish washing cloth continuously soaking in a small bowl
> of lye. This seems to help control bugs from propagating in the dish
> washing material
> So...I could leave my kitchen sponges, and even a plastic scrub brush
> soaking in lye, and that would be helpful?
Try it and you may never look back (over your nose ;V|)...
> I have a strong sniffer, and I'm kinda picky about any smell of mold on
my sponges. Maybe this
> would help?
It should do so. Changing the lye solution once a week. is a good Idea
Depending on how much work the kitchen cloth has performed (go cloth, now
wash my car while you're there [yep you can wash the motor car with lye])
> > The spent ash lye goes into the garden or on the compost.
>
> It won't burn the plants? Is that because it has been greatly diluted
> by water already? (I'm new at this, so I just don't know)
I should have elaborated further. I don't pour the lye directly onto any
plants or near any roots of veggies etc. I pour it in an area where there's
no plants, or on the larger trees, such as oranges.But if the lye solution
is diluted enough then it may be used
near plants sparingly (once a week say)
> > I also make my own skin washing liquid ash-lye detergent, by boiling
> undiluted ash lye with certain herbs. E.g Lavender flowers,
> Rosemary, Eucalyptus leaves and thyme etc.
>
> Mmmm, eucalyptus! I have several outside of my place here. That will
> be the saddest part about leaving, when I finally acquire some land.
> They are outside my roommate's bedroom, and thankfully he doesn't
> mind if I go into his room and stare at the trees. I love their
> gentle whispering in the breeze. Too perfect. I will *have* to grow
> eucalyptus when I get property. What does euca provide, that you use
> it in soaps/shampoos?
Oh "missing trees", what a great name for a band !^)
The use of plants that contain high amounts of essential oils, helps to
soponify the liquid lye solution. This renders the final liquid detergent
into a more soothing and gentle when used on skin. Not to mention the
therapootic values (and germ killing props) of such herbs.
Did you know that lavender is derived from Latin meaning "to wash" (lave).
> > Goats do best with a variety in their diet. Goats are browsers, in
> that they like to browers for a variety of plants and HERBS and not
> just pasture on grass, as with Cows.
>
> Do you have to section off a part for them, so they don't get out?
You bet your nanay-goat you do!!
This is why I animated my cheese site's heading picture, with one of
Congetta's kids eating the letter "e" from the word site!?
> Or are they not the type of animal to take off, like cats/dogs?
Oh goats may take off as well. But this depends on how they're trained, and
their routine etc.
> I mean, are they specifically welcome in your whole garden, or do you grow
> things just for them in their own area?
I believe you think I currently have my own goats. I don't have goats at
present. It's been a few years now since I've had goats.
But the thing to remember is that with goats and other herbivores, they do
need to be kept away from you garden. Goats will kill trees quite easily.
There are a few poisonous plants fto goats that one needs to consider
keeping goats away from, e.g. Oleander.
> Seems like free roaming would
> be best, so long as they didn't eat up *every* thing hehe.
Goats'll eat the straw hat right off your head, given the chance.
> Dom, thanks for all the info here! I'm gonna copy/paste into a word
> doc, so I can refer to it at anytime.
You may need to edit all the " I do this, and I also do that, and I I I
iii's", or else you may go mad after reading it a few times over !^)
> Have a great day. :)
>
> Kefir_mama ali_baba
Thank you and Happy Easter (well it's Easter Sunday this side of the woods
anyway)
Dom
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