‘BIO-DYNAMIC FARMING

Returning goodness to the land

YEARS of conventional farming, using
pesticides, herbicides and NPK_ fertilizers
(nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium), are robb-
ing and stripping the land of its natural goodness,
says Ferdinand Vondruska of North Vancouver,

president of the North West Bio Dynamic
Agriculture Society.

Bio-dynamic agriculture

also some traditional
features some original and

methods of soil ennchment.

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One such natural process
uses extracts from plants to
stimulate and enhance com-
post to make a _ richer,
healthier soil.

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North Pender Island, about
two years ago to interest the
company in the bio-dynamic
method of farming. Since
that time farm manager Karl
Begrich has carried out some
of the experimental farming
techniques, which he says,

‘“‘work in harmony. with
nature.
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building up the farm and us-
ing it at the same time,”
Begrich says. ‘‘Bio-dynamics
is a European method pro-
ven to work well. It has been
tried by several North
American farms with the
idea to reduce expenses in
farming, to achieve a better

yield and a higher quality, of...

The bio-dynamic method
eloped 14 years ago
at Emerson College in Forest
Row. Sussex,
under the guidance of Pro-
fessor Dr..Herbert Koepf.
And Clam Bay farm recently
hosted a conference, with
Koepf, several alymni from
Emerson, Vondruska and
farmers from the interior of
B.C. and Vancouver Island ,
to discuss bio-dynamics and
how to apply it on Clam
Bay.

The natural fertilizers used
in bio-dynamics include ex-
tracts from yarrow,
dandelion, camomile, oak
bark, nettles and valefian.
These extracts, which are in

a powder form, are added to
different layers of compost,
such as garden clippings,
wood ashes, house waste,
chicken and cow manure,
earth and mulch.

When the compost reaches
a desired thickness, three
feet for example, a layer of
straw-is“pur’on top and the
compost.must be kept moist
by watering periodically,
depending on the weather,
Begrich.explainedsTf"aii €X-

Engtand>” tra layer of house waste was

to be added, Begrich
recommends that it be top-
ped with peat moss to pre-
vent any smell.

The compost takes about
a half year, depending on
the temperature, before it is
ready to be added to the
gardens and fields. ‘‘l
prepare my compost in the
fall, and it is ready by spr-
ing,” Begrich says.

Another way

the bio-
dynamic method

can be

See page C2

CHECKING OUT the bio-dynamic preparations, which are
stored in pete moss to keep them cool, are, from left to right,
Clam Bay Farm manager Kari Begrich, Ernst Lubben of the
Bio Dynamic Society of B.C. and Ferdinand Vondruska,

president of the society.

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