Biodynamic Planting Guide

History

• Rudolf Steiner created the biodynamic method in the early 1900s. In 1972, the group Ecology Action started a 1/2-acre biodynamic vegetable garden experiment in Palo Alto, California. It provided a complete vegetarian diet for one person on only 2,800 square feet of land.

Creating a Biodynamic Garden

• Organic materials and double digging--digging twice the depth of a typical shovel blade--are at the heart of the biodynamic gardening method. You'll deeply dig organic materials like compost, peat moss, fallen leaves and other plant parts into the soil.

Planting In a Biodynamic Bed

• You can plant vegetables, herbs, flowers and even fruit trees in your biodynamic bed as soon as you finish building it. You don't need to plant in tidy rows: You can stagger plants and combine different types of plants next to each other.