A rationale for using high-paramagnetic basalt to enhance the efficacy of horn manure (500)

Source: Chat GPT, in response to the question “From a biodynamic standpoint, what are the benefits of burying preparation 500 cow horns in basalt (please include paramagnetism)?” From a biodynamic […]
Biodynamic Farming Resources:

What is Biodynamic Farming: Biodynamic farming began from a series of eight lectures on Agriculture given by Rudolf Steiner in 1924. These lectures were held in response to farmers concerns […]
Member interview with Jann Mehmet

[Editor’s Note: Jann’s Chinese Medicine (CM)/biodynamic (BD) story below is the result of a phone conversation she had with the office earlier in the year. She requested a framework of questions, […]
African love grass (Eragrostis curvula)

Alan Broughton, Seedbed, with permission to reprint. African love grass, a native of eastern Africa between Tanzania and the Cape of Good Hope, is a serious weed extending from South […]
Autumn and winter biodynamic preparation applications

It’s time to plan your biodynamic atmospheric and soil preparation applications for Autumn/Winter. Remember drought or rain – still put out your preparations. The full benefit of biodynamics requires the […]
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The energy concept of biodynamics
Almar von Wistinghansen, Bio-Dynamics, Summer 1980. Reprinted with kind permission. At home we used to have a very big bible with many pictures. There God the Father was pictured as […]
Q&A: Wet, Wet, Wet – here are some biodynamic options!

Problem: Fungus – Applied to plants/crops as mist Use: Fresh Equisetum (508) – Homeopathic 8x as a foliar spray – comes in a 5ml vial and does up to 25ha […]
Questioning compost

The most frequently asked questions about compost are: The answers to these are fairly straightforward: respectively, they are: Composting is one of the least understood processes undertaken by the gardener […]