I realize Marschner doesn’t make the role of boron very clear. I refer to Marschner’s second edition on silicon, pages 417 – 426. Marschner classifies silicon as ‘beneficial’ rather than essential. Boron he considers essential, pages 379 – 396. Although he acknowledges their close similarity, he doesn’t make the connection I do. And Marschner is,…
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Establishing A Self-Sufficient System
Establishing a Self-Sufficient System Developing Basic Soil Fertility by Hugh Lovel Because soil fertility involves…
Oxygen The Activator
Oxygen the Activator by Hugh Lovel In agriculture we’re in trouble when the soil doesn’t get enough oxygen. Even with crops like rice oxygen must diffuse into the water and the soil even while the field is soaked. However, oxygen deficiency usually goes unrecognized. What are its signs? How can we look at oxygen’s functions…
Why I Use Radionics
Why I Use Radionics By Hugh Lovel In one breath, I am a biodynamic grower who uses radionics precisely because it works with life instead of death. Many erroneous ideas about radionics are bandied about, almost like confetti at a celebration, and clarity is long overdue. One of these ideas, common amongst detractors who…
Hugh’s best article ever on Biochemical Sequence and Plant Growth
The Biochemical Sequence © 2014 by Hugh Lovel What is the hierarchy or ‘biochemical sequence’ of what must function first before the next thing and the next thing works. The elements early in this sequence must be present and working well before later elements have any chance of being useful for plant growth. Nitrogen,…
RAIN, RAIN, RAIN
“A living organism has the astonishing gift of concentrating a ‘stream of order’ on itself, thus escaping the decay into atomic chaos.” –Erwin Schrödinger “It is the anomalies in nature that reveal the principles of life.” –Goethe Rain, Rain, Rain; Enriching the Atmosphere By Hugh Lovel My experience over the last…
Field Broadcasters
Field Broadcasting 25 Years On By Hugh Lovel T. Galen Hieronymus introduced his first ‘Cosmic Pipes’ in the mid-1980s and shortly thereafter Jerry Friedenstein introduced what he called ‘Towers of Power’. These were early versions of passive, self-driven field devices using pattern energy to set up induction fields that enhanced biological processes….
Biodynamics: A Definition
The following definition of biodynamic agriculture was written by Hugh Lovel, author of A Biodynamic Farm, in December 2012 BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE: Bio (life) dynamic (processes); Biodynamicagriculture involves working with life processes. This does not meanphysical substance or chemistry are ignored. The biodynamic approach toagriculture emphasizes life processes which have potent organisational (syntropic) effects to engage minerals and chemical reactions. The…
Compost Explained
Composting Explained© By Hugh Lovel On a recent trip to Japan where I visited several organic farms as well as a golf course I noted that no matter how good their other practices none were composting well enough. All omitted clay from their compost mixtures. The same is commonly true on organic farms…
Radionics vs. Mechanics
Radionics vs. Mechanics By Hugh Lovel Since it takes life to beget more life, my rule is to work with the living realm which pulses and breathes and where the driving force is ever further enhancement. Thus using stirring machines, tractors, pumps and spray gear doesn’t really inspire me that much. These…
Quantum Agriculture 