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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This year's winter weather has been a good
demonstration of the power that mother nature can assert when she deems it
appropriate! With the return of warmer weather and the snow-melt, we can
anticipate the annual upsurge of life in the plant world. To those of
us who are attuned to nature-speak, spring also poses again the question:
how can we best assist these life-giving forces? Thankfully, more and more
people are becoming aware of the importance of that question! Although
it's normal to associate the word "Biodynamics" with food, it is, first and
foremost, about helping to restore the life of the earth itself. The focus
of Biodynamics is the soil--how to bring more life into it rather than take life
from it until it is exhausted and dead, and simply blows away. Last fall
at the conscious living expo in Norman, I met a number of people who expressed
an interest in Biodynamics. At this month's garden meeting, I would like
to take up the question of where do we go from here. Is there an interest
in more training? in creating Biodynamic compost & Biodynamic preparations?
in converting gardens or farms to Biodynamics? in buying local, Biodynamic food?
in treating landscapes Biodynamically? The meeting will be an open
discussion of questions like these and any other questions that may come
up. I will also answer questions about using a planting calendar, if time
permits. The meeting will be on Sunday, February 27, at our home in
Cashion, starting at 3:00 P.M. with a potluck meal to follow. If this is
your first time at our home, please call or email for directions:
405-433-9000. Joseph and Helen</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>