Archive for March 25, 2010
Plant Swap & 4H Rabbit Show, and question
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:26:56 -0500, you wrote:
>The wild rabbits drop their feces indiscriminately and it doesn’t seem to >affect what they subsequently chew on in the least. While great fertilizer, >I doubt you will get any deterrent effect form rabbit manure. >
>Mike’s suggestion of using dog hair has worked for me in the past.
The entire dog would probably be even more effective than just the hair… Works for us.
Our collie can run faster than rabbits can. He’s not as maneuverable as a rabbit, but he’s definitely faster. He doesn’t get to chase them often – just the fact that we have a dog around (and a fence) keeps them away quite well. They do occasionally (foolishly) get inside the fence, however.
When we had two dogs, rabbits almost never got out of the fence alive. The collie would chase them in a straight line, they’d swerve and jink to try to get away from him, and our other dog – not as fast as the collie – would come along behind and catch them.
Pat
Climate Scientist James Hansen To Speak At Cornell April 19, 2010
Monday April 19
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Kennedy Hall, Call Auditorium, Cornell Univ.
Dr. James E. Hansen (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s Earth Institute)
Global Climate Change, What Must We Do Next
Climate change scientist, and author of Storms of My Grandchildren, will deliver the Jill and Kenneth Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture.
The Iscol Lecture brings prominent scholars, newsmakers, scientists, and leaders to Cornell to address environmental issues of paramount importance to humankind.
Recognizing scholarship on the frontiers of scientific inquiry, the Iscol Lecture provides opportunities for Cornell students, faculty, staff, and the public to gain new knowledge about pressing environmental issues.
A faculty award committee, representing a cross-section of academic disciplines, annually selects the Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecturer.
2010 Iscol Lecturer
James E. Hansen
April 19, 2010
Dr. Hansen is director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, and Adjunct Professor at Columbia Universitys Earth Institute.
An active researcher in planetary atmospheres and climate science for nearly 40 years, Hansen is best known for his Congressional testimonies on climate change that widely elevated the awareness of global warming, and is noted as one of the world’s most famous climatologists.
Hansen’s work has evolved from space science to climate science. His early research on Venus clouds led to their identification as sulfuric acid. Since the late 1970s, he has worked on computer simulations of Earth’s atmosphere to gauge the human impact on global climate.
>From STORMS OF MY GRANDCHILDREN
James Hansen
Fall 2009
Chapter 9, “An Honest, Effective Path” pp 184-185
“…your governments are lying through their teeth. “…the truth is that they know that their planned approach will not come anywhere near achieving the intended global objectives. Moreover, they are now taking actions that, if we do not stop them, will lock in guaranteed failure to achieve the targets that they have nominally accepted.
“…How can we say that about our governments? How can we be so sure? We just have to open our eyes. First, they are allowing construction of new coal-fired plants. Second, they are allowing construction of coal-to-liquids plants that will produce oil from coal. Third, they are allowing development of unconventional fossil fuels such as tar sands. Fourth, they are leasing public lands and remote areas for oil and gas exploration to search for the last drop of hydrocarbons. Fifth, they are allowing companies to lease land for hydraulic fracturing, an environmentally destructive mining technique to extract every last bit of gas by injecting large amounts of water deep underground to shatter rocks and release trapped gas. Sixth, they are allowing highly destructive mountaintop âremoval and long-wall coal mining, both of which cause extensive environmental damage for the sake of getting as much coal as possible. In long-wall mining, a giant machine chews out a coal seam underground-subsequent effects include groundwater pollution and subsidence of the terrain, which can damage surface structures. And on and on.”
The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute
offers workshops, apprenticeships, and
permaculture design certificate classes.
http://www.fingerlakespermaculture.org
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a provocative read on invasives by Toby Hemenway
http://www.ecolandscaping.org/news/?p=100
Native Plants: Restoring to an Idea
Article by Toby Hemenway
“Let me tell you about the invasive plant that scares me more than all the others. Its one that has infested over 80 million acres in the US, and in many places forms virtual monocultures. It is a heavy feeder, depleting soil of nutrients. Everywhere it grows, the soil is badly eroded. The plant offers almost no wildlife habitat, and since it is wind pollinated, does not provide nectar to insects.”
read more at:
http://www.ecolandscaping.org/news/?p=100
The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute
offers workshops, apprenticeships, and
permaculture design certificate classes.
http://www.fingerlakespermaculture.org
Plant Swap & 4H Rabbit Show, and question
The wild rabbits drop their feces indiscriminately and it doesn’t seem to affect what they subsequently chew on in the least. While great fertilizer, I doubt you will get any deterrent effect form rabbit manure.
Mike’s suggestion of using dog hair has worked for me in the past. Also effective is pepper spray. You can get 3 weeks of protection from both deer and rabbits using the formula used by Indian Creek orchard. It is:
2 habanero peppers
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 quart of milk
1 quart of water
Whiz the oil, egg, and peppers in a blender, making a hot pepper mayo in effect. Add the milk to the extent that there is room in the blender. Strain, washing through the retained solids with the remaining milk and the additional water. Spray. Keeps ok in the fridge, becoming even more effective as the egg rots.
Joel
At 08:27 AM 3/25/10 -0400, you wrote:
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Michael Burns <michael> wrote:
via: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cnyplantcycle/
Who knows, you might even
meet a neighbor that can provide you with bunny poo. This is the best
fertilizer you can get, they are vegetarian’s and the poo does not need to get
hot before using it.
I was looking at the rabbit latrines in my back yard the other day and started wondering, since they seem to be hygienic creatures, would bunny poo work as a deterrent to keep them from eating the seedlings in the garden?
Does anyone have any experience with this?
Mike W.
Plant Swap & 4H Rabbit Show, and question
I use Emer, the malamutt’s hair around my gardens. As much as she sheds, there is plenty.
Plant Swap & 4H Rabbit Show, and question
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Michael Burns <michael> wrote:
via: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cnyplantcycle/
Who knows, you might even
meet a neighbor that can provide you with bunny poo. This is the best
fertilizer you can get, they are vegetarian’s and the poo does not need to get
hot before using it.
I was looking at the rabbit latrines in my back yard the other day and started wondering, since they seem to be hygienic creatures, would bunny poo work as a deterrent to keep them from eating the seedlings in the garden?
Does anyone have any experience with this?
Mike W.
