On Friday, March 15, 2002, at 02:02 AM, Nancy Geffken wrote: > > I would support testing the preps and will contribute $ if you go > ahead. How would you get a "scientific" measurement of life forces > anyways, one that would be accepted by the status quo academic/ag > community? If tests indicate a higher level of beneficial organisms, it > would be proof to me that the preps are adding something to the growing > environment. To just depend on believing that there are life forces at > work based on one's own experience won't get BD out of the woo-woo > realm - which seems to be needed if BD is going to gain wider > acceptance. Personally, I'm a believer, but I also am curious to see > what the tests would produce.
Right on Nancy. There are both physical and spiritual forces at work. If others want to go in on this, I am interested to see results of the physical soil activity. I am surprised Dr. Ingham has not done this type of count already. It is my understanding she did conduct one of her experiments with biodynamic preps. She made compost and the biodynamic compost heated up faster and higher when compared to rates of activity in other composts. To me that means a lot more biotic activity, as well as the unseen forces. If there are higher than normal counts of soil critters that would explain the physical part. If there are NOT higher than normal soil critters, that would point to there being something else at work. Bonnie York
