The Preparations & the Calendar

Using the preparations with the star calendar is fundamental to biodynamics. With good organic practice they increase soil and plant vitality which helps plants resist pests and diseases. You can learn more about this on the workshops and see their effects at Archenland. The preparations are ...

Spray preparations

500 - Horn manure: improves the soil
501 - Horn silica: helps fine tune cultivation

These preparations are made in the cow's horn.
You make them into a usable preparation by stirring with water.

Compost Preparations

502 – Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
503 – Chamomile: Chamomilla metrecaria recutita
504 – Nettle: Urtica dioica
505 – Oak bark: Quercus robur
506 – Dandelion: Taraxacum officianale
507 – Valerian: Valeriana officianalis

These preparations are made in various ways.
You put them into your compost heap.

The preparations and the biodynamic sowing & planting calendar    ‘Working with the Stars’  are available from ...
The Biodynamic Agricultural Association (BDAA)
Painswick Inn Project, Stroud, GL5 1QG, UK
Tel/Fax 0845 345 8474
email: office@biodynamic.org.uk
www.biodynamic.org.uk