http://backyardbiodynamics.com Care for the Earth by caring for your earth Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:26:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chickens are a domestic animal suited to a back garden. Keeping chickens is rewarding - they provide fresh tasty eggs, and entertainment especially for children. Safe housing for your chickens There are a number of aspects you need to consider before deciding to keep chickens. Fencing and housing needs to be well designed to ... http://backyardbiodynamics.com/2010/04/keeping-chickens-safe-in-your-backyard/ This delicious receipe comes  to us thanks to  Aimee Tinker of Beckenham, UK. Aimee cheffed at Acorn House Restaurant in London - a pioneering environmentally sustainable restaurant which composts or recycles 100% of waste and sources only sustainably farmed and harvested food. Restaurants are often extremely wasteful of resources - so ... http://backyardbiodynamics.com/2010/04/roasted-pumpkin-and-feta-cheese-salad/ Green manuring is a great way to fertilise and increase the organic matter in your soil. Green manuring is an organic soil improvement method using a crop of mixed legumes and grains. The whole plants are harvested by ploughing the young plants into the soil just before they flower, ... http://backyardbiodynamics.com/2010/03/improve-your-soil-with-green-manure/ We all would like to make a difference to our environmentally challenged world, so have you considered volunteering for a green project? Here are some ideas: Guerrilla gardening is definitely not about sitting back and waiting for someone else to do it - you just do it! Join a Permablitz - this ... http://backyardbiodynamics.com/2010/02/volunteering-and-guerrilla-gardening/ I’ve set myself a gardening and culinary goal: include at least one thing out of the garden in every lunch and dinner. I’m not including breakfast because I like muesli and yoghurt. Yes, I could make my own yoghurt, but I’m addicted to Mungalli Creek Dairy’s biodynamic yoghurts and ... http://backyardbiodynamics.com/2010/02/every-day-homegrown-food-challenge/ Home cooking with your own or local produce is one of the best things you can do to lower your food miles and maintain your own good health. And making your own staple foods, such as bread, is really satisfying. I’ve always liked baking bread, and have tried many different ... http://backyardbiodynamics.com/2010/02/bake-your-own-biodynamic-bread/ In Nature … all things are in mutual interaction; the one is always working on the other … We must also observe with intelligence … the many-coloured world of insects, hovering around the plant-world during a certain season of the year. Moreover, we must learn to look with understanding at the ... http://backyardbiodynamics.com/2010/01/caring-for-garden-wildlife/ You don't have to choose one system only for your garden. There are organic systems that work in harmony, and biodynamics and permaculture do this very well. Permaculture is an Australian system that incorporates  sustainable design elements from around the world. The basis of permaculture is perennial organic gardening using ... http://backyardbiodynamics.com/2010/01/biodynamics-and-permaculture/ We are very excited to bring you two homeopathic biodynamic preparations, created by Cheryl Kemp. If you’re not dedicated full-time to your garden, it can be difficult to find the time to stir and apply biodynamic preparations at the right times. But Cheryl Kemp’s biodynamic potentised preparations make biodynamics very easy ... http://backyardbiodynamics.com/2009/11/potentised-biodynamic-preparations-now-available/ Want to get your own vegetable garden started? Here are some tips to help you plan for success: Find a suitable site Your patch should  be sunny and open, yet sheltered from prevailing winds, with good drainage. If your site is against a fence or wall, radiant  heat may be reflected. This ... http://backyardbiodynamics.com/2009/10/starting-a-vegetable-garden/