Re: Copper Culture-Biodynamic farming

**K* M* <k*@iol.ie>**

The parallels I was drawing are the biodynamic preparations such as  
the manure in a cow's horn and such techniques as pipering and the  
very detailed moon planting with its root, leaf and flower days for  
sowing, transplanting and harvesting

Kathryn


On 18 Apr 2008, at 12:12, loisdan@juno.com wrote:

>  Hi All,
>
> On our recent trip to California, we toured the Benziger Vineyards in
> Glen Ellen, which are wholly grown according to biodynamic farming
> methods. They also pay a cash incentive, on a sliding scale, for
> subcontractor farmers who use various levels of organic farming  
> methods,
> with biodynamic methods being the highest paid.
>
> This does not entail antennae, copper wires, or anything like that.
> However, crops are grown between the rows to be used as green  
> fertilizer
> for the vines, they have a garden in the middle of the vineyard  
> that is
> specifically designed to attract the various sorts of insects the  
> plants
> need, and you will see lavender and other plants growing among the  
> vine
> rows. The vineyard is situated in a bowl-shaped area that is made  
> up of
> differing soils, subsoils, and bedrock. The grapes are planted on  
> those
> soils and with that exposure that best suits the particular type of
> grape. They release sheep to mow the rows, and raise cattle and  
> sheep for
> manure. They use no pesticides and no manufactured fertilizers.
>
> And they are very successful.
> We found it all very interesting.
>
> Regards,
> Lois
> Visit http://loisdevries.blogspot.com
>
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:16:42 +0100 Kathryn Marsh <kmarsh@iol.ie>  
> writes:
>> I'm familiar with much of the work cited on this page and there are
>>
>> problems with quite a lot of it.
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