Diversity and balance are vital for a healthy garden, farm and body and herbs help achieve this. They are not only delicious in our food and great for our health but are valuable in our gardens. Herbs improve soil health and increase beneficial micro-organisms, allowing soil nutrients to be further available to surrounding plants. Intermingled […]
Nettle and comfrey liquid manures: two extremely important plant tonics and preventives for the garden, orchard, vineyard, market garden and farm. Their potency is bolstered by addition of the biodynamic compost preparations 502-507 and the use of “structured water” – see over. These products come in two sizes for small gardens and modest horticulture settings […]
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 standpoint, burying horns (for preparation 500, or horn manure) in basalt-rich soils or directly in basalt quarry crusher dust offers unique benefits, largely due to […]
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 of the negative impacts chemical fertilisers were having on soil and livestock health at the time. Biodynamic farming is a holistic approach to agriculture which […]
[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, which we drafted and sent her. The result is this fascinating and informative account of her alternative medicine experience and then her contact with biodynamic […]
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 Australia to Queensland. It quickly colonises infertile acidic sandy soils and can form pure stands. It is a perennial grass, dormant in winter and only […]
Between the Leaves May 2025
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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 an old man with a great beard. Michaelangelo has painted the creation of the earth, showing the Creator as an old man with a large […]
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 – no stirring required. What it does: Prevents fungal diseases. Use as required in humid conditions. Tightens and hardens plants. Problem: Flooding – Applied to […]
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