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Killing unwanted brush
06/21/08 01:57 PM
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I hope someone can help me. I need to find the day and sign for killing trees and brush.
I think it is in june, but don't know the day or the sign it falls on. I have personally seen this occur, when you hit the right day, the leaves wilt within minutes and the rootstock dies out.
Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
stoneyrunmiller@yahoo.com
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Well first you got to gather up a toad, a bat, a lizard and six chicken feet one of which must be a rooster.
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Re: Killing unwanted brush
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06/22/08 08:46 AM
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All I really wanted to know was if some one could help with the date for killing unwanted brush and under grouth.
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There are believers and non-believers and I'm afraid the non-believers are the vast majority.  I used to buy The Old Farmers Almanac every year and plant my garden by the signs. Did I believe in it? Not really. But you know Justin Wilson, the Cajun, told a story about a fellow who was told he could improve his garden 100% if he'd just plow it with a white mule. Now he didn't believe it, but he thought . . . I've got to plow it anyway; might as well plow it with a white mule. So I was that way about planting my vegetable garden. But I don't recall seeing anything in the almanac about killing anything by the signs of the moon. 
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Re: Killing unwanted brush
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06/22/08 10:50 AM
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Hey Bird I guarantee this will work.
Take the toad and put in your right pocket, the lizard in your left pocket, the bat in your shirt pocket. Put all the chicken feet in 2 1/2 gallons of water add 6 oz of 2-4-D, pour into a 3 gallon sprayer.
At exactly true 12 midnight spray the offending brush.
Now to find true midnight you must first draw a line on the ground that goes True north and south not magnetic north. Place a stick or rod true vertical on the line. Watch the shadow of the stick and when it crosses from east to west that is true noon. Exactly 12 hours later is true midnight. it will be several hours different from what your watch says.
Works every time.
Now the Apache have another way to do it but might not be acceptable most places.
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Re: Killing unwanted brush
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06/22/08 12:31 PM
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Yes I do believe that might just work, especially the part with the 2-4-d.
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Look here the last paragraph.
http://www.farmersalmanac.com/astronomy/a/magical-mysterious-moon
And it looks like this is what you want. June 22-23 ｻPoor days for planting. Kill plant pests, spray, fertilize, do general farm work.
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Re: Killing unwanted brush
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06/22/08 04:46 PM
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Jim, I do believe you found what he was looking for. And yep, I have no doubt your plan would work, also. The trouble is that, at my age, I don't stay up until midnight anymore; true midnight or any other midnight. 
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Re: Killing unwanted brush
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06/22/08 06:52 PM
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Oh Ho; just pick your time and go do the nasty things that will kill the brush. Do not worry about the Almanac signs!! 
Egon
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Re: Killing unwanted brush
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06/23/08 10:24 AM
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wow, I thought this thread was just a "pull-your-leg" type. I can see some of the suggestions having validity (maybe). But drying paint??? I think the almanac would be a treasure trove of ideas for the Mythbusters to take on.
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Re: Killing unwanted brush
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06/23/08 12:29 PM
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Hey Stoney did them thar weeds die?
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Re: Killing unwanted brush
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06/23/08 04:10 PM
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Are you talking about the feather duster and bristle brush that sorta try and emulate scientific process?? but can't even get close?
Egon
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Re: Killing unwanted brush
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06/29/08 11:51 AM
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Thank all you folks for the information, I have two more times I want to try yet 1 in july after the new moon and the sign of leo, and 1 in aug. the new moon and the sign leo fall on the same day.
I always thought the time I'm looking for occured in june, but I'm not sure. If anyone can come up with a for sure time or date, please e-mail me at (stoneyrunmiller@yahoo.com).
Thank you all
R J Miller aka stoneyrunmiller
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Look in the foxfire books. Lots of moon lore in parts of it from the appalachians People that have to work from can to cant to survive are not going to do things that useless. (Work from when can see in the morning until cannot see at nite.
No fun, change the rules!!!
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Oh by the way... If anyone cares the exact time of midnight as measured 12 hours from local apparent noon is never more than about 30 minutes from your civil time (time the radio and TV says for your time zone)
Time zones are an hour wide and the center of the zone is about in agreement with local apparent noon. So, you can't be more than about 30 min off. Other than that, I am in total agreement with the expressed methodology. Of course stamping the ground three times and spitting would make it work better.
"I'm not from your planet, monkey boy!"
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Re: Killing unwanted brush
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11/27/08 11:29 AM
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What have you got against Sideral time Pat?
Egon
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Re: Killing unwanted brush
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11/27/08 04:20 PM
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Nothing against sidereal time, but it didn't figure into the last discussion. I still recall having to learn about SHA (Sidereal Hour Angle of certain navigational stars when I first was learning celestial navigation during my "living on sailboat for 9 years period.")
Pat
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