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by Cuttings
10 Nov 2013, 16:21
Forum: Scrapbook
Topic: Using astronomy to guide your planting is a growing trend -
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Using astronomy to guide your planting is a growing trend -

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/gardening/article-2490993/Using-astronomy-guide-planting-growing-trend--Mary-Greene-finds-why.html - Mary Greene Using astronomy to guide your planting is a growing trend - Mary Greene finds out why Planning to plant your tulips this weekend? You might want to wait un...
by Cuttings
29 Oct 2013, 16:22
Forum: Scrapbook
Topic: Taste Garden
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Views: 3226

Taste Garden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7vMjQi_O3o

Taste Garden was created by Touchstone collaborations and the Biodynamic Association for The West Country Story telling festival at Embercombe in August 2012.
by Cuttings
28 Oct 2013, 12:02
Forum: Peppers: potentised and traditional
Topic: Some thoughts on peppering
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Views: 5469

Some thoughts on peppering

http://biodynamics.net.au/some-thoughts-on-peppering/ By Shane Joyce. Since coming across the concept of peppering back in the early 1970’s I have made some observations!!! Early on we were located on a farm on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast & watched as a plague of army worms turned the green land...
by Cuttings
22 Oct 2013, 09:35
Forum: Scrapbook
Topic: Does the Future of Agriculture Lie with Agro-Homeopathy?
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Does the Future of Agriculture Lie with Agro-Homeopathy?

http://cchronicle.com/2010/06/does-the-future-of-agriculture-lie-with-agro-homeopathy/ Agro-what? You may have heard of homeopathy, but how does it apply to crop production? Advocates of agro-homeopathy attest to the modality’s ability to influence the biological processes of plants to affect growth...
by Cuttings
24 Sep 2013, 20:31
Forum: Scrapbook
Topic: A quick guide to upgrading from Organic to Biodynamic method
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A quick guide to upgrading from Organic to Biodynamic method

http://tinyurl.com/b4wcmqs Erika Pepe Increasing amounts of gardeners, farmers and winemakers are seeing very positive results from conversion to biodynamic methods. Here is how to get started... The organic movement has come a long way in recent years and nowadays organically grown fruit and vegeta...
by Cuttings
24 Sep 2013, 20:29
Forum: Scrapbook
Topic: Biodynamic Gardening
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Views: 3129

Biodynamic Gardening

http://tinyurl.com/p8voag6 Alys Fowler Over the last couple of years I have thought a lot about gardening and rules. And specifically how much I hate the prescriptive nature in which a lot of gardening is taught. For as I travel down this dirt road, the more I realize that there are no such things a...
by Cuttings
24 Sep 2013, 20:26
Forum: Scrapbook
Topic: Why biodynamic gardening makes sense
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Views: 3088

Why biodynamic gardening makes sense

http://tinyurl.com/lm3jug Biodynamic methods, such as planting by the moon, are a natural progression from organic gardening Last week, eight of us spent a morning filling a 3ft-deep, brick-lined hole in my garden with fresh cow manure. We treated it with seven specially fermented compost preparatio...
by Cuttings
31 Aug 2013, 21:22
Forum: Scrapbook
Topic: BIODYNAMIC PRIMER AND A ROUNDTABLE
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Views: 3261

BIODYNAMIC PRIMER AND A ROUNDTABLE

http://ediblesantafe.com/think/farm-to-restaurant/biodynamic-primer-and-a-roundtable/ by Joseph Mora on August 30, 2013 in Agritourism, Dionysian Writes, Edible Blogs, edible Gardening, Farm to Restaurant, Meet Your Farmers “On the one hand, theology demands the blind subjection of thinking to the s...
by Cuttings
25 Jul 2013, 22:44
Forum: Scrapbook
Topic: Effect of Moon 'verified'
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Views: 3002

Effect of Moon 'verified'

http://tinyurl.com/qzns5rh A full Moon can disturb a good night's sleep, scientists believe. Researchers found evidence of a "lunar influence" in a study of 33 volunteers sleeping in tightly controlled laboratory conditions. When the Moon was round, the volunteers took longer to nod off an...
by Cuttings
25 Jul 2013, 22:44
Forum: Planting by the stars
Topic: Effect of Moon 'verified'
Replies: 1
Views: 6239

Effect of Moon 'verified'

http://tinyurl.com/qzns5rh A full Moon can disturb a good night's sleep, scientists believe. Researchers found evidence of a "lunar influence" in a study of 33 volunteers sleeping in tightly controlled laboratory conditions. When the Moon was round, the volunteers took longer to nod off an...
by Cuttings
23 Jul 2013, 09:35
Forum: Scrapbook
Topic: What is Biodynamic Farming? 2
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Views: 3010

What is Biodynamic Farming? 2

By Wendy e Cook

My first introduction to a biodynamic farm was over 35 years ago, yet it made such an indelible impression upon me that I can still vividly recreate the mem­ory..... read more ....
by Cuttings
07 Jul 2013, 09:14
Forum: Scrapbook
Topic: What is Biodynamic Agriculture?
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Views: 2839

What is Biodynamic Agriculture?

http://www.movelikeagardener.com/biodynamics/ What is Biodynamic Agriculture? One of the core beliefs and practices of biodynamics is to help heal the Earth The principles of biodynamic agriculture are outlined in a series of eight agricultural lectures given by Dr. Rudolf Steiner in Koberwitz, Sile...
by Cuttings
05 Jul 2013, 09:54
Forum: Scrapbook
Topic: The Rise, Fall, and Rise of the Winemaker ....
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Views: 3034

The Rise, Fall, and Rise of the Winemaker ....

http://tinyurl.com/ouoefgl ....As we’re about to leave his cellar, Jean-Marie turns quickly, his mind racing once more. This time he has a new target: biodynamics. “So much for Jean-Marie being the leader of the counter-cultural movement,” I whisper to Rainey. Guffens is undeterred. He is tired of w...
by Cuttings
04 Jul 2013, 07:49
Forum: Scrapbook
Topic: Permaculture and Biodynamics: sustainable systems of living
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Views: 2960

Permaculture and Biodynamics: sustainable systems of living

http://tinyurl.com/l3khop2 Observing a new momentum in the biodynamic and permaculture movement brought by young enthusiasts encouraged Cory Whitney to revisit the basics of these two agricultural systems.... These days a lot of young people are taking up the shovel and hoe to become farmers. They l...
by Cuttings
16 Jun 2013, 00:33
Forum: Scrapbook
Topic: You are what your animals eat
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Views: 2998

You are what your animals eat

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/15/jody-scheckter-biodynamic-farm Former F1 driver Jody Scheckter swapped racing for buffalo rearing on a biodynamic farm There are 2,500 water buffalo at Laverstoke Park, my farm in Hampshire. Our buffalo were imported from Italy and Romania. The meat...