Re: Copper Culture-Biodynamic farming

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How do they keep the sheep out of the grapes?

Fran

>  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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