Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 22:21:34 -0500 Reply-To: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group Sender: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group From: Hugh Lovel Subject: Re: new list member Comments: To: bdnow@envirolink.org, sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu In-Reply-To: <008901c0a80c$8621a640$e6820a40@default> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Roberto Verzola" >To: >Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 6:47 AM >Subject: new list member > > >> Hi. I am from the Philippines, and my wife is a part-time organic >> farmer. I subscribed with the hope that I can somehow help her improve >> her farming practices. Is there a document somewhere, preferably >> online, that describes comprehensively what biodynamic farming is? >> >> I also note references to BP preparations 500, 501, etc. and it seems >> they'd contain things low cow dung, horn clay, etc. some of which may >> not be available in some countries (for example, in the Philippines, >> farmers often have carabaos - some kind of Asian buffalo - not cows). >> Are there substitutes for these things? Asian equivalents, for >> example... >> >> Regards to all, >> >> Roberto Verzola >> Dear Roberto, We've corresponded a little in the past. The BD preparations are things anyone can make if they go to the trouble. The horns of your carabaos will work fine. When in your localle one of the ingredients is not available you have to use the next best thing and substitute. I don't live in the Philippines and cannot say what is best, but surely there are things that fulfill the necessary functions. Look around. Many substitutes have been found. You're close enough to the equator that summer and winter are not so pronounced, yet the sun spends the same number of days below the equator as above and all the same principles apply. Cow (not bull) horns resonate, or even ring (inaudibly) to the pattern energies of the solar system or solar vortex. This includes all the inner and outer planets. But those planets between sun and earth are really emphasized during winter and those beyond the earth in the summer. When you have the entire complex of patterns--not just the in vortex and out vortex patterns of the general solar system but the specific patterns for each planet, you will have the ability to stimulate the entire ecosystem, both soil and air, so that abundance arises. If you look through these you'll see all the planets are represented. But we might use preps for the zodiacal signs as well, so there's room for development. As for means of applying these preps I've been working on inducing these patterns with stationary field broadcasting equipment as the best way to cover large acerages. Sparying is best for small areas. Anyway, here's some guidelines: Horn Manure (BD 500)--Lime pole, winter, nighttime, soil, digestion and nourishment, earth and water, gravity. Pack cow horns with manure and bury over the winter from fall equinox to a bit beyond the spring equinox. Screen and keep in a crock in the earth (cellar if you have one) and use a handful to an acre, stirred intensively for an hour in 3 gallons of water. Build a vortex, reverse and build another, back and forth, generation after generation of ordered vortexes in the water for one hour. This yields an evolution of order, which is what you want. Spray in large droplets in evening on soil. Horn Silica (BD 501)--Silica pole, summer, daytime, atmosphere, photosynthesis, blossoming, fruiting and ripening, fire and air, levity. Pack cow horns with finely ground quartz powder (moistened) and bury over the summer from the spring equinox to a little past the fall equinox. Keep in the warmth and light (window) and use a gram to three gallons of water to an acre (sprayed finely in morning in the atmosphere). Horn Clay (No number)--Mediates between the poles, both summer and winter, day and night activities. Ebb and flow of sap. Give and take. Plant conveys sugars down and exudes these into the soil food web like digestive juice, sucks nourishment back in and up to growing tips. Spray as with 500 and 501 above, but cover the soil surface and no more. THIS UP AND DOWN TRANSPORT CONNECTION IS THE KEY TO MAKING EVERYTHING WORK. Yarrow in Stag's Bladder (BD 502)--Excretory function, drives to periphery, works with sulfur and potash particularly. Soil prep, Venus. Opposite is Mars, Valerian. Chamomile in Cow Intestine (BD 503)--Digestive function, breaks down proteins to amino acids (or build up N salts to same) works with active lime, soil prep, Mercury. Opposite is Jupiter, Dandelion. Stinging Nettle buried in clay tile w/screened ends surrounded by peat or shredded coconut hull over entire year (BD 504)--Circulatory function. Works with both soil and atmosphere as the Sun with the heart function. Supports the give and take of upward and downward flow of sap. Complement is Moon, Oak bark) Oak Bark packed in animal skull and placed over winter in seeping water (BD 505)--Structural function. Bark in plants, bone in animals. Works with the soil--fixed lime locks in nitrogen. Complement is Sun, Stinging Nettle. Opposite is Saturn, Horsetail. Dandelion sewn in a cow mesentery and buried over winter, (BD 506)--Regulatory function. Transforms nutrients into plant juice and fills out fruit, insect prohibiter. Works with atmosphere, liver-like, silica and potash. Opposite is Mercury, Chamomile. Valerian, pure flower juice (may ferment) (BD 507)--Oxidative function. Stimulates blossoming and gives off energy. Most rarified or pure of leaf gestures. Associated with Spring light season. Atmosphere prep, Mars. Opposite is Venus, Yarrow. Horsetail, decoction of Equisetum (may ferment) (BD 508)--Boundary function. Ensures healthy ripening, contains watery growth and prohibits fungal diseases. Extremely high in silica. Used in early spring on soil or later on foliage especially in wet conditions. Associated with Summer warmth (ripening, maturing) season. Atmosphere prep, Saturn. Opposite is Moon, Oak Bark.