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Biodynamic Articles

Healing power of herbs 

Kaz Selbie Diversity and balance are vital for a healthy garden, farm and body. One way to achieve this is to plant herbs around your vegetables and fruit trees. Not only are they delicious in our food and beneficial for our health but they are also valuable in our gardens. ...

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Biodynamic Comfrey & Nettle Liquid Manures

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 ...

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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 standpoint, burying horns (for preparation 500, or horn manure) in basalt-rich soils or directly in basalt quarry crusher dust offers ...

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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 of the negative impacts chemical fertilisers were having on soil and livestock health at the time.  Biodynamic farming is a ...

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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, which we drafted and sent her. The result is this fascinating and informative account of her alternative medicine experience and ...

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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 Australia to Queensland. It quickly colonises infertile acidic sandy soils and can form pure stands. It is a perennial grass, ...

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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 application of an atmospheric spray, Biodynamic Horn Silica 501, following your soil spray. Back-to-back dates: Australian Eastern Standard Time, Moon ...

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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 an old man with a great beard. Michaelangelo has painted the creation of the earth, showing the Creator as an ...

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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 – no stirring required. What it does:  Prevents fungal diseases.  Use as required in humid conditions. Tightens and hardens plants. ...

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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 and farmer.  Basically, we are assembling a range of components which have the maximum possible capacity to support the growth ...

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