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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Preparation 500








We started this week by putting our Preparation 500 horns in the ground.  This is exciting to do on our farm - we put in about 1200 horns - filled with manure and covered with soil for the winter.  The last picture is how the preparation comes out at the end - a vigourous beautiful live morsel that will be carefully mixed with water and sprayed onto paddocks to improve soil health with micro-organisims and fine root growth.  Nic used a water driven sausage maker to fill the horns while the team placed them and covered them very carefully.  It will be exciting to unveil the 500 in the Spring!

4 comments:

Sarah said...

wow - I had heard of this but never seen - really intresting. Hope your trip setting off goes well and you all have a lovely time away.

Tanya said...

beautifully colloidal 500 you got there in the last photo! Cam thinks our soil has changed heaps in the 5 or so years we have been using 500. That's a massive cow horn in the top photo! Here's to healthy soil.

busymama said...

wow - gosh we live in different worlds Amy!!! We so need a farm stay.......

Tin Can Daisy said...

Nice! My grandparents used to be biodynamic dairy farmers :)