Description
Gardening for Life – The Biodynamic Way is a practical introduction to biodynamic gardening by Maria Thun. The book explores ways to work with the soil and encourage healthy plant growth. It introduces biodynamic principles, methods and techniques for gardeners of different experience levels.
The approach shares several principles and techniques with organic gardening. Biodynamic gardening also considers the influence of the moon and planetary movements on plant growth.
Maria Thun developed her approach through many years of gardening and practical observation. Her work focused on understanding how different conditions affected sowing, planting and harvesting.
What You’ll Find Inside
The book provides practical guidance for planning different stages of the gardening year. It covers favourable times for sowing, planting, growing and harvesting. It explains methods for building and maintaining soil fertility. Crop rotation and changes between crops are also covered.
The book introduces biodynamic preparations and explains their use in gardening. It also discusses weeds, fungal diseases and garden pests.
Guidance is provided for growing different types of crops. These include root, leaf, flower and fruit plants.
The book also explores the relationship between plant growth and planetary influences.
Working With the Soil
Healthy soil is central to the biodynamic approach described throughout the book. The book considers soil as a living system that supports plant growth. It explores ways of nurturing soil fertility through appropriate gardening practices. The approach aims to support healthy plants and quality produce.
About Maria Thun
Maria Thun was an authority on biodynamic agriculture and horticulture. She gardened throughout her working life and carried out extensive practical observations. Her research explored relationships between planting times, lunar cycles and crop development.
She developed a system dividing lunar influences into root, leaf, flower and fruit days.
Her annual sowing and planting calendar has been published in 18 languages.
