STRANGE BREW

In maintaining a sustainable gardening or farming system, many of the organic practices and materials most of us use already are well in line with biodynamic principles. The key element is soil fertility, which is where biodynamic preparations come into the picture.

These preparations made and used by biodynamic growers are sometimes a source of amusement to those who don’t understand or believe in — and even scoff at — their highly beneficial effects on soil, plants and our environment in general.

Some may find it a little hard to believe that the burying of cow horns, the various