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Biodynamics for Busy People (under construction, follow along season by season)

  • Course
  • 24 Lessons

Biodynamic gardening works at all scales, even a small home garden with very limited time. Here are 'lazy gardener' tips to create and maintain a garden you love, without all the hard work. Section 1: setting up a garden from scratch Section 2: seasonal tasks (for New Zealand) Section 3: how to use the various preparations, and a biodynamic moon calendar tutorial. Short videos, bullet point text, essentials only.

Contents

Welcome & how to navigate around this course
    Preview

    Deciding what you want to grow

    Grow the food you love to eat (or maybe you just want to grow flowers)
      Mini lesson - growing your first microgreens
        Preview

        Setting up a garden from scratch - three different scenarios

        Where to position your garden?

          Seasonal tasks for busy people

          Spring
            Seed sowing & transplanting seedlings
              Biodiversity & Intensive planting
                Late Summer
                  Growing up: making use of height with climbing structures
                    Water Conservation: protecting the soil in hot weather
                      Autumn
                        Seed saving, storing, sharing
                          Composting, tidying up garden waste
                            Hot Compost (basics)
                              Winter - get set for spring
                                Ideas to stay active when it's cold
                                  The quiet time of year in the garden: reflect, review, plan ahead, tool maintenance and systems overview

                                    Biodynamic preparations - a quick reference guide

                                    CPP: The Cow Pat Pit Preparation
                                      BD500: the Horn Manure preparation
                                        BD501: Horn Silica Preparation
                                          Biodynamic Compost Preparations: BD502-BD507
                                            BD508: Equisetum (Horsetail) preparation
                                              Overview of all the preparations: what to use when

                                                The biodynamic moon calendar: quick tips for busy people

                                                Deciphering a biodynamic moon calendar