Product Description

This is the original biodynamic sowing and planting calendar, now in its 45th year. This useful guide shows the optimum days for sowing, pruning, and harvesting various plant-crops, as well as working with bees. It is presented in colour with clear symbols and explanations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #409929 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-21
• Original language: German
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 64 pages

Review
'Anyone interested in the relationship between astrology and gardening should buy this book.' --The Scientific and Medical Network Review, Winter 2006-2007 'This little paperback is essential for all organic gardeners. It is the original annual biodynamic planting guide. Incredibly condensed amounts of information are available [here] ... Illustrated throughout with some lovely photos and clear diagrams.' -- Ysanne Spevack, Organicfood.co.uk 'The indispensable guide for aspiring biodynamic gardeners. As well as the calendar, the book contains a review of the last year and a prognosis for the coming one. All beautifully illustrated.' -- Scientific and Medical Network Review, January 2005

About the Author
Maria Thun and her son, Matthias, base this calendar on over forty years of biodynamic research and experience at their farm in Germany.

Customer Reviews

multi-purpose calender
not only will this help you to grow healthier, tastier and stonger fruit, veg and house plants, but once you get the hang of it you can generally predict the weather better than the BBC. Its been spot on for my last 2 holidays in Cornwall and it gets Glastonbury festival right every year.

Too complicated
I found little of use in this book, it jumped in into too much detail from the start. Wish I'd bought a book written for gardeners who wish to follow the moon in plain english rather than being aimed at academics. As for the moon position maps at the end of the book, didn't make any sense from them at all. The text describing them was a few lines line, an example or two on how to read them would be nice.

excellent calendar for biodynamic planting
This is the second year I have bought this book and find it invaluable down my allotment - the calendar is easy to follow and I try and plant when it says the optimum time is right - last year I was the only one who didnt get blight on my tomatoes!