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

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  • 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.
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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