27 Apr Biodynamic farming and methods of preparation
बायोडैनेमिक खेती और इसकी तैयारी के तरीकों Biodynamic Farming is a view of agriculture, based on a holistic and spiritual understanding of nature and humans role in it, which considers a farm as a self-contained evolving organism, relying on home-produced feeds and manures with external inputs kept to a minimum. Preparation The first group of preparation material includes 6 different herbal substances; they are numbered 502-507 and are added in small amounts to manures and composts. So they are collectively called as compost preparations. These numbers are arbitrary, having been chosen by those who first produced the preparations. The second group includes the sprays; they are numbered as 500 and 501. Although not considered one of the eight main preparations, a ninth preparation, sometimes referred to as 508 is made by boiling the horse tail plant and is applied only in excessively wet years to prevent fungal diseases. BD 500 Cow horn manure It is basically fermented cow dung. It is the basis for soil fertility and the renewal of degraded soils. It is buried in Sept. /Nov and lifted in Feb/March. This is the period when the earth is breathing in and comic earth forces are most active (winter). Materials Cow horns Fresh cow dung from a lactating cow. Average 50-150 gms dung/horn (depends on horn size) Preparation...