Biodynamic Gardening Report 53—May 22-28, 2015 

We're experiencing a stretch of barren days this week in the biodynamic garden. While we don't want to plant or transplant during this time, barren days can be well spent eradicating garden pests, weeding, and working ground. Sprinkling the ashes of a dead gopher's pelt around the garden-yard-field has been reported to keep these destructive pests away from the tasty roots of edible plants for months. Sound weird? If it works, who cares? We will definitely report on our progress from "peppering" the yard with gopher ashes but we're not promising to skin and field dress our own varmint, regardless of what Ralph says. !

Read More