BioDynamics

Video Series: Plant Sprays

By Ben Klocek August 24, 2021
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This new series is the result of several days spent with Dennis over 6 months, in which he shared how the plant sprays he uses affect growth, how to make them, and some tricks he’s learned along the way. Video 1: Why Use Plant Sprays? Secrets to abundant oil, flower and fruit production in the…

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Video: Alchemical Extraction using a Mary’s Bath

By Ben Klocek February 1, 2021
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We’re using a device called a mary’s bath to extract resin from powdered myrrh to make a preparation called the three Kings. Learn how to use a Mary’s Bath to safely “loosen” compounds for making medicinal or biodynamic substances.

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Video: Sustainable Garden Harvesting – Fennel Harvesting Tips

By Dennis Klocek January 15, 2021
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Instead of one-and-done harvesting for the market, learn to harvest fennel so that your garden plants last all through the season. Plus, tips to winterize your organic veggies so they don’t rot when the rains come.

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Video: Seedling to Table – Growing Cabbage, Making Kraut

By Dennis Klocek January 11, 2021
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Learn the tricks and tips from Dennis Klocek, master gardener, for how to grow, harvest, and process cabbage into sauerkraut.

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Video: Working with Solar Rhythms – Planting Cabbages out of Season

By Dennis Klocek January 11, 2021
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What agricultural magic can we work when working with the solar rhythms? Follow Dennis into his garden to learn how using the number of hours in a day (solar length of day) when planning your garden activities can lead to increased quality and yield for veggies, fruits, and medicine. In this video he describes how…

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Video: Sow seeds once, harvest all season – The process of “pricking out”

By Dennis Klocek October 28, 2020
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By transplanting and separating seedlings based on their vigor, you can benefit from nature’s own strategy of staggering growth among seeds to give you a harvest all season long from one sowing.

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Thoughts on the BioDynamic Preparations

By Dennis Klocek October 2, 2020
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For even the most ardent supporters of Biodynamic agriculture understanding the BD preps is challenging. For instance, it is difficult for a business owner to explain to a client why cow manure put in a cow horn is a soil amendment. That is one side. On the other side,  practitioners themselves express difficulty seeing the…

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Farm or Garden?

By Dennis Klocek October 2, 2020
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Artisanal agriculture is based on small scale methods. The illusory power over nature that drives large scale agriculture can be seen in a five hundred horsepower John Deere tractor. To duplicate that power with five hundred actual horses would require setting up teams and harnesses for a double column a quarter of a mile long.…

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Biodynamics, Art and Ritual

By Dennis Klocek September 17, 2020
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Artists who have worked for a long time can confirm that overcoming the trials of the two tyrannies is difficult. The first trial is the tyranny of the white. This is the sinking feeling that the first stroke on a drawing or the first strike of a chisel has set in motion a destruction process.…

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