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May 1, 2023
Freedom & Farming
Imagine every farm being free in itself (freedom within the boundaries of the farm), of itself (free from dependence on outside inputs), and for itself (free to pursue its own creative expression within the farm). Moreover, imagine countries doing the same. People ask, "Is biodynamics scalable?" If it means freedom, then, yes, it's one of the only things worth scaling.
May 1, 2023
Gifts for the Soil
With biodynamics we are gifting to the soil a concentration of forces and a kind of "sweetness" that naturally wouldn't occur by chance in nature. And that is the secret of alchemy: taking things to their fulfillment when Nature, left to herself, could not do so.
Apr 26, 2023
Devils & Angels
In Steiner's terminology, there are two aspects to what is often described as a single being in conventional Christia...
Apr 26, 2023
Leavening Your Soil
The biodynamic preparations work a bit like specialized "yeasts" in compost and create a better final product. Are the biodynamic preparations absolutely necessary?
Apr 24, 2023
Rudolf Steiner
How do we restore healthy life to the soil? We do this with responsible common sense farming, incorporating the latest scientific research plus biodynamic preparations. We don't have to exclude anything that works.
Apr 24, 2023
What are pest peppers?
The charred dandelion seed can only rot, but the charred seed can only rot in a dandelionish way. This means you're really creating a pathogen vector by rotting these seeds, specifically something that will corrupt the seed-forming process of that specific species.
Apr 21, 2023
Is Biodynamics Pseudosience?
What hypothesis does biodynamics as an intuition advance? That these special biodynamic preparations will measurably improve the quality of compost, hasten the formation of humus and the build-up of organic matter in the soil, and increase the nutritional value of crops. This hypothesis must be tested, but funding for research is a very different question!
Apr 17, 2023
Build Soil Rapidly
“In the early days we ran trials. Depleted soil was deep ripped. We sowed the right species and applied 500 and had the well known results. In six years we raised the organic matter levels from 0.9% in the top 4” to approximately 12% and, varyingly, to 2.4% at 40” depth. Ripping exactly the same way etc, but without 500, the soil biology developed to 20 cm depth, no further. In modern farming the right soil treatment and the Bio-Dynamic preparations must be applied together."
Apr 14, 2023
Common Sense & The Biodynamic Planting Calendar
If we plow when the soil is completely saturated, we will just create a horrible mess even if we make such a mistake on the "ideal" calendar time. Common sense must prevail when it comes to using the planting calendar.
Apr 12, 2023
Spiritual Farming
In biodynamics, we collect what would normally disperse to the universe, particularly the reproductive energy of innocent flowers. We collect this outward moving desire, contain it, and then introduce this energy to the roots of plants. How often do essential oils diffuse down into the soil? Not often!
Apr 10, 2023
Science or Faith?
When Steiner talks about "spiritualizing" the sciences, he means bringing a spiritual gaze to the research performed using the scientific method. He is not proposing the method itself change, but the gaze of intuition must always be brought to bear on the data science produces, or we would make very few connections at all.
Apr 10, 2023
As If
One of the most useful ways to think of something is as if.
We don't have to accept that the farm literally is an "o...
Biodynamic Preparations
Complete Set of Biodynamic Compost Preparations (BD #502-507)
Complete Set of Biodynamic Compost Preparations (BD #502-507)
Biodynamic Horn Manure Preparation (BD 500) BD Spray Preparation
Biodynamic Horn Manure Preparation (BD 500) BD Spray Preparation
Biodynamic Pfeiffer™ Field and Garden Spray
Biodynamic Pfeiffer™ Field and Garden Spray
Biodynamic Pfeiffer™ Compost Starter
Biodynamic Pfeiffer™ Compost Starter
Biodynamic Horn Silica Preparation (BD #501) BD Spray Preparation
Biodynamic Horn Silica Preparation (BD #501) BD Spray Preparation
Biodynamic Horsetail Preparation - Equisetum arvense (BD #508) BD Antifungal Spray Preparation
Biodynamic Horsetail Preparation - Equisetum arvense (BD #508) BD Antifungal Spray Preparation
BC - Biodynamic Compound Preparation
BC - Biodynamic Compound Preparation
Biodynamic Pre-Potentized Horn Manure Preparation (BD #500X) BD Spray Preparation
Biodynamic Pre-Potentized Horn Manure Preparation (BD #500X) BD Spray Preparation
