The Need for Total Testing Hugh Lovel reprinted from Acres USA What many farmers probably don’t know is that most soil tests only tell us what is soluble in the soil. They do not tell us what is actually there in the soil, no matter what fertiliser salesmen might like to imply. To find…
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Field Broadcasting 25 Years On
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. The Hieronymus…
Philosophy on Healing the Land; Accepting Responsibility
PREREQUISITES TO HEALING THE LAND By Hugh Lovel As above so below. As without, so within. We may think to renew agriculture, but how can we change our environment without transforming our selves? How can we expect to effect agricultural renewal without bringing about social renewal? The two can only go hand-in-hand. Help Help…
Introduction to Biodynamic Agriculture
Ehrenfried Pfeiffer and Peter EscherBack when I started farming, my first biodynamic mentor was Peter Escher, Ehrenfried Pfeiffer’s partner in setting up his laboratories at Threefold Farm in Spring Valley, New York. Pfeiffer was Rudolf Steiner’s right-hand man in his agricultural work, and he devoted his life to carrying out Steiner’s wish that we apply…
Peppering: Controlling Weeds and Pests
Control is not a synonym for kill. It is one thing to control a lawn mower, and another thing to kill it. When we seek to control weeds we need find out what gets them started and how they may change under various circumstances. This will help us understand what they do and why…
Field Broadcasters and Soil Chemistry
Field Broadcasters and Soil Chemistry Hugh Lovel Dear Eddie, I’ll try to respond to your long letter in as much detail as I can. I want to let Shabari in on the discussion as she will learn more about the chemical/mineral side of things that way. I had your problem with the disappearing…
The Science of Biodynamic Agriculture
The Science of Biodynamic Agriculture By Hugh Lovel Biodynamic Agriculture is a comprehensive method of self-sufficient agriculture that produces exceedingly nutritious food. It grew out of Rudolf Steiner’s agriculture lectures which were given in response to the chemical methods introduced in the mid nineteenth century. Steiner’s understanding of the roles of carbon, nitrogen…
Boron’s Role in Silica Uptake
Dear Andrew, To the best of my knowledge, chemists and ag scientists doing research on the mechanism of boron’s working in plants has been few. It has been widely observed, discussed and research that boron is necessary for the uptake of calcium. I myself spent 30 years figuring out how boron worked, and I…
Boron’s role in sap uptake
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,…
Steiner Agriculture Lecture One Biodynamic Preparations
I talked about how the spraying of BD preps sews an organizational field where the sprays are applied, and this sucks the latent (nascent, chaotic) forces from disorder into more organized activity. The 500 is sprayed–generally in the evening as the dew falls–on the soil in large droplets so it is absorbed. It can be…
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