BD Preparations and Drought By Hugh Lovel How certain notions arise and become entrenched is a bit of a mystery, especially when they are wrong. Yet they do get started and entrenched. One of these is the belief that when things dry up and little moisture is available we cannot put out biodynamic preparations—as if…
Etheric Force flows from lower concentration to higher concentration
Etheric Force flows from lower concentration to higher concentration Steiner’s agriculture course is rather difficult to read because even though he sketches the broadest outlines-such as categorizing lunar forces as compared to Saturn forces, or earthly forces as compared to cosmic forces–he does not explain things in detail in ways that we with our current…
Growing Ginger: Building the Soil Foodweb
Growing Ginger Building the Soil Foodweb Hugh Lovel Ginger roots normally contain endophytes, which are microbes living in between the plant’s cells. This means there is no problem finding the right microbial cultures that are symbiotic with ginger. The piece of ginger root you plant brings in many desirable species with it. This is…
The great secret of legumes is they carry oxygen to their root tips
Dear Greg, Thanks. That was an interesting article. The scientific world, though fascinated with microscopy, is slowing catching up. It could get better at connecting the dots, but it keeps identifying lots of dots anyway. Many things are clear from the overview that seem like momentous discoveries down in the tsunami of complexity. …
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,…
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…
Quantum Agriculture 