Gardening for Life \u2013 The Biodynamic Way is a practical introduction to biodynamic gardening by Maria Thun.\u00a0\u00a0The book explores ways to work with the soil and encourage healthy plant growth.\u00a0\u00a0It introduces biodynamic principles, methods and techniques for gardeners of different experience levels.<\/p>\n
The approach shares several principles and techniques with organic gardening.\u00a0\u00a0Biodynamic gardening also considers the influence of the moon and planetary movements on plant growth.<\/p>\n
Maria Thun developed her approach through many years of gardening and practical observation.\u00a0\u00a0Her work focused on understanding how different conditions affected sowing, planting and harvesting.<\/p>\n
The book provides practical guidance for planning different stages of the gardening year.\u00a0\u00a0It covers favourable times for sowing, planting, growing and harvesting.\u00a0\u00a0It explains methods for building and maintaining soil fertility.\u00a0\u00a0Crop rotation and changes between crops are also covered.<\/p>\n
The book introduces biodynamic preparations and explains their use in gardening.\u00a0\u00a0It also discusses weeds, fungal diseases and garden pests.<\/p>\n
Guidance is provided for growing different types of crops.\u00a0\u00a0These include root, leaf, flower and fruit plants.<\/p>\n
The book also explores the relationship between plant growth and planetary influences.<\/p>\n
Healthy soil is central to the biodynamic approach described throughout the book.\u00a0\u00a0The book considers soil as a living system that supports plant growth.\u00a0\u00a0It explores ways of nurturing soil fertility through appropriate gardening practices.\u00a0\u00a0The approach aims to support healthy plants and quality produce.<\/p>\n
Maria Thun was an authority on biodynamic agriculture and horticulture.\u00a0\u00a0She gardened throughout her working life and carried out extensive practical observations.\u00a0\u00a0Her research explored relationships between planting times, lunar cycles and crop development.<\/p>\n
She developed a system dividing lunar influences into root, leaf, flower and fruit days.<\/p>\n
Her annual sowing and planting calendar has been published in\u00a018 languages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gardening for Life \u2013 The Biodynamic Way is a practical introduction to biodynamic gardening by Maria Thun.\u00a0\u00a0The book explores ways to work with the soil and encourage healthy plant growth.\u00a0\u00a0It introduces biodynamic principles, methods and techniques for gardeners of different experience levels. The approach shares several principles and techniques with organic gardening.\u00a0\u00a0Biodynamic gardening also considers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[66,65,366],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-42264","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-books","product_cat-garden-gift-shop","product_cat-gardening-growing","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"group_of_quantity":0,"min_quantity":0,"max_quantity":"","exclude_order_quantity_value_rules":"no","exclude_category_quantity_rules":"no","combine_variations":"no","exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"acf":[],"meta_data":[],"yoast_head":"\n