Module Ten Session One 9.00am - 10.30am
Within the Living Realm
We explore what Rudolf Steiner referred to as ‘within the living realm’ and how this principle should be a guide for all our agricultural practices. We learn the vital importance of the correct feeding of the plant through elements that are colloidally bonded to an organic molecule.
Module Eleven Session Two 11.00am - 12.30pm
Biodynamic Preparations BD502 to BD507
We learn the role the biodynamic compost preparations have in bringing order and balance to the breakdown process. We explore how the biodynamic farmer and gardener can provide anchoring places for the workings of the planets with these preparations and bring about an organisation in the composting process that takes it to a more dynamic form of life.
Module Twelve Session Three 1.30pm - 3.00pm
Biodynamic – A Total Farming System
We learn of the many components of biodynamic farming that work together to create a healthy and sustainable farming or gardening system. We explore how by using biodynamic principles we can overcome many of the problems we currently see in agriculture today. We explore how the health of plants and their resistance to disease and pest attacks is directly related to the health of the system and its biological balance.
Module Thirteen Session Four 3.30pm - 5.00pm
Practical – Making Manure Concentrate
We learn how to make manure concentrate which is a useful medium for applying the beneficial effects of the compost preparations. We learn how this manure concentrate stimulates soil metabolism, enhances growth and increases crop yields.
Module Fourteen Session Five 9.00am - 10.30am
Balancing the Forces – The Role of BD501 (Horn Silica)
We learn the function of BD501 and how to apply this powerful preparation to produce crops of the highest nutritional value, with the best flavour, strongest seeds and enhanced keeping qualities. We learn how the preparations BD500 and BD501 balance the two realms of existence, the earthly and the cosmic.
Module Fifteen Session Six 11.00am - 12.30pm
The Importance of Humus
We learn of the key role the formation of humus plays in the sustainability of the farm or garden. We explore the importance of humus in the soil and how it acts as a chelating agent to make minerals available for plant growth. We learn of the biodynamic practices that create and maintain soil humus levels.
Module Sixteen Session Seven 1.30pm - 3.00pm
The Element of Water
We learn the vital role water has in the formation of all Nature. We explore water as having life energy and how its capacity to support life is determined by its quality. We learn to recognise the stresses on our water and explore how we can work with our water to ensure it is always of the highest quality. We explore the uses of flowforms and their application in a biodynamic system.
Module Seventeen Session Eight 3.30pm - 4.30pm
Taking and Reading Soil Profiles
We learn how proper soil structure is as important to the success of farming or gardening as the chemistry and humus production. We learn to read a soil profile to determine soil types and understand what soils in a biodynamic system should look like.