Biointensive Gardening 1 - Whole System Approach

[Gauraonline]

Hello Ravenseen, Thank you again for posting this valuable information. I am pretty much a city slicker who has grown a couple of small gardens for personal consumption, but I didnt really know what I was doing. Apparently, Rudolph Steiner was one of the first in the West to develop the bio dynamic idea, which I know very little about, except that you plant & harvest according to the moon and stars, whatever that means. I live in Canada and want to know what I can grow in the cold. Where r u ?

[Gauraonline]

THis is very interesting. WHo was the first to develop this system ?

[ravenseen]

@Gauraonline ... hi there! how are you? umm... this system has been put together by John Jeavons... a brilliant fellow who's principle garden is in california at present.... his book "how to grow more vegetables" was a great inspiration for me. he describes it as a combination of "bio-dynamic" and "french intensive" gardening ... he calls it bio-dynamic.

[VictorianGentlmn]

Seems like it is going to be a good series. Thank you for posting.

[anarquismoespiritual]

thank you very much dude!!!! really

[rtybeams]

Thanks so much for posting these videos!!! Working through John Jeavons book right now and this really helps!!

[PsyogiBottoms]

I don't think people realize just how much carbon plants consume - and that it doesn't just have to come from the waste products of human respiration. Carbonic action is the cornerstone of life for the photosynthetic.

[HomesteadProvocateur]

The idea is to be able to self sustain. Excellent, I've read part of John Jeavons book "Grow More Vegetables...." and also "Gardening for the future of the Planet." Quite astounding I'd never known before what seems like common sense! But then again, that seems to be the case with a lot of things...

[fczwartek]

We started our seedlings last week. In this part of the country (Central New England) the temperature will not be appropriate for planting until the end of May.  So we will have plenty of time to prepare the beds.

We've been preparing for our garden since last October (when we read John Jeavons book.) Should be fun!

[karsamhag]

Muchas gracias por estos videos, justo a tiempo

[17Revolution76]

Great series of videos. Keep up the amazing work.

[moomar1]

K saw your carbon video , great idea...I bought some winter spinach that i was going to try and grow in the colder weather, but might try growing some wheat to inrich the soil instead...:O)

[ravenseen]

Hi moomar...

definitely a great call... I highly recommend growing grains... it's low maintainance a true revelation -- who knew that this grass is where bread, pasta, etc. comes from?

raven

[moomar1]

Growing for Carbon? hope thats doesnt have anything to do with the man made global warming nonsense

[ravenseen]

Nope... just means that soil needs carbon to remain fertile... so where do we get this carbon? By growing plants whose unedible stalks and leaves enrich the soil... like grains, etc.

[eruanion]

@moomar1 What is meant by 'growing for carbon' is that we are growing organic green matter which fixes carbon from the atmosphere into the soil. The exact opposite of what we see today with carbon from the earth being released into the atmosphere, at a rate which our current levels of green matter can't fix back into the earth fast enough.

[moomar1]

@eruanion Plants need Carbn to grow, co2 isn't a problem.. low c02 levels in the atmosphere are a greater danger than high c02.. man isn't causing global warming. The hockey stick graph was a shame.. also alot of data was falsified... Plants grow FASTER when theres more c02 present. which is a good thing

[ravenseen]

@moomar1 hi... um... the bio-intensive method encourages us to grow crops whose unedible portions are high in carbon so they make better compost - better soil... that's all... It isn't a comment on the gases in the air. :)

[moomar1]

@ravenseen I replied to Eranion , He was making a point about carbon being released faster than plants could use it.. so his was a comment on gasses in the air

[ravenseen]

@moomar1 Thanks for watching the vid! Say, how does your garden grow? :)