Merla, thank's so much for sharing that insight with the group. My husband is still a huge leap away also. We actually tried to have an intellectual discussion about biodynamic principles, the agriculture aspects, etc., and when I mentioned some of the more esoteric elements, of course I lost him totally. "foo foo stuff". So if I'm going to do it, I've got to be a 'closet BD practitioner..' (At least until he sees proof that some of what I've said all along just makes sense.) So much of this farm has evolved because I've held out against poisons, chemicals, and other 'normal practices' that the ag folk tell him we need to do here. Actually, I know he won't crawl on the tractor for days on end to put out or dig up or row over. I can and will if it's within the realm of what I think is right. Otherwise, the 'tractor won't start', or I 'got busy'. sabotage at it's most basic form. My questions are, how do you prepare the horn preps, stir the barrel compost, etc, as only one person? Everything I've read (and this may be what is setting me back) is that it takes the energy and processes of several willing workers to make it happen.
Nettles! I was lamenting my nettles a few years ago, and now I'm not sure, but I think I should be happy to see them appear. I saw a photo on the www.oregonbd.org site of a wheelbarrow full of nettles being turned with a shovel before sending off to the compost bins. Can I just pluck all my nettles and toss them into the compost or should they be aerated, treated with something or other, or what? Even though I've been reading and absorbing a lot of BD material over the years, I'm still kinda leery of venturing out on my own. I suspect there are a lot of us 'closet BD'ers' amongst the normal group.
