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MAY 2016

Biodynamic Preparation Making in Nepal

‘Seek the truly practical material life, but seek it so that it does not numb you to the spirit which is active in it.

Seek the spirit, but seek it not in passion for the super – sensible out of super – sensi-

ble egoism, but seek it because you want to apply it selflessly in practical life in the

practical world.

Turn to the ancient principle;

Matter is never without spirit and spirit is never without Matter,

in such a way that you say:

We will to do all material things in the light of the spirit and we will so to seek the light

of the spirit that it evokes warmth for us in our practical activities.’By Rudolf Steiner

Hans Mulder, together with Ineke Mulder, started the biodynamic class on 17th April.

2016 with the above Verse for Farmers. In Nepal, it is the early spring time where all the

plants are breathing out after winter’s in-breathing.

The class was held at Maitreya Pathshala, Pokahra, which is the first Waldorf school in

the city. The school is part of a biodynamic farm where biodynamic preparation are

made. Hans introduced the new biodynamic farmers to all present and also gave a quickoverview of the biodynamic movement in Nepal. This was to be a class full of practical

work, so Hans led us to the area where the BD preparation making takes place.



1. BD 500:

150 small cow horns were excavated from the soil where they had been buried. The horns

produced 3 kg of biodynamic preparation 500 in 2016. The cow horn manure was brown in

colour, earthy aroma and with some white fungus.

2. BD 502

:

When we dug up the 502 preparation, the bladders had rotted, but the yarrow flowers were

still there in a tight, round brown ball. The clay pots were lifted carefully and cleansed of the

soil which had surrounded them during the period they had lain in the earth. We got 693

gram of yarrow which was then deposited in the storage box.

On the same day, fresh flowers were picked from the garden after the sun had dried the dew.

These were then used to fill up new bladders, which were then hung from roof beams in thefull light of the sun.



3. BD 503:

To enable to recover the preparation easily in the spring, the 503

‘sausages’ (created from cow intestines and stuffed with Camomile

flowers) had been placed in a terra cotta flower pots which were now

lifted with care from the ground.

Once the preparation had been identi-

fied (the amount was small)

It was examined and seen to be brown

in colour, with fine texture with low

moisture content. The total weight amounted to 14 gms of 503

preparation.

4. BD 504:

The 504 preparation were buried in eight pots October. We dug up just two of these pots for exami-nation purposes, for the 504 Nettle preparation requires to be buried for an entire twelve months.

Nevertheless, this early lifting revealed that the nettles had already been transformed into black

compost at the bottom of the flower pots. It was beautifully colloidal soil. The weight of the prepa-

ration was 330 gram.

5. BD 505:

The Himalayan oak bark had been packed tightly into the skull of sheep and buried in a watery en-

vironment (such as rice paddy) in the autumn. When the skull was retrieved, it was smelly as a re-

sult of anaerobic respiration. All the flesh of skull was decayed. The oak bark was carefully re-

moved from the the skull with the aid of a small spoon. We harvested 130 gram of dark coloured

505 preparation.



6. BD 506:

When we dug up the Dandelion preparation, the mesentery was still intact and not broken

down. 162 gram of brown preparation was retrieved, which was dried and stored in a glass

container.

7. BD 207:

It appears impossible to cultivate Valerian flowers in the Pokhara region. However, we are do-

ing research on cultivation and will attempt to grow on the farm in the course of time!

8. Storage:

It is very important the preparation will not dry out. So we have to keep the preparation in a

proper way by storing them in a wooden box in the cool place.



Conclusion:

In the end of the day, Hans brought all the preparations in the lecture hall. He had also

brought preparations with him from New Zealand. He compared the different preparations

and explained the quality of each.

He concluded the class by reading the verse written by Rudolf Steiner for BiodynamicFarmers, followed by sharing best wishes to all farmers for the future of the Biodynamic

movement in Nepal.

Report Prepared by Ritman Gurung and Bishnu Sherchan, Pokhara



One Day Biodynamic Seminar Held in Holy Green Agro Farm, Nepal

It was 16th of April, Saturday. This was quite special day for us. With

the co-operation of Hans Mulder with Ineke Mulder from New Zea-

land, together with that of Ritman Gurung, Bishnu Serchan and Sudar-

shan Chaudhary. We would like to give special thanks to them. In addi-

tion, it would not have been possible to organize our program without

our participants. So lots of love and good wishes goes to all our partici-

pants on that day.

Lecture given by Hans Mulder with Ineke Mulder

1. Comparison of Chemical farming and organic farming

2. Farm Individuality

3. Way of making BD 500 and BD 501

4. Making of Compost heap and its advantages

5. Compost BD preparation. i.e. BD 502, BD 503, BD 504, BD 505, BD 506 and BD 507

6. Rhythm of Sun and Moon

7. Organic Compost heap and BD compost heap

8. Stirring of BD 500 and way of spraying around the

farm

9. Advantages of bio-dynamic farming

Discussion topics of the day

1. Farm individuality

2. Cow horn manure, BD 500

3. Selection of right location for compost heap

4. Importance of indigenous seeds and their advantages

5. Eco balance of nature applying to bio-dynamic

farming

6. How the quality of soil deteriorates through using

chemical farming methods

7. How can we improve our soil quality by applying

bio-dynamic farming

8. How pollution of water resources are occurring

through applying chemical farming

9. How we could save our water resources from being

polluted by applying bio-dynamic farming methods

Through the special attendance of Hans Mulder and

Ineke Mulder from New Zealand, we were able to have an

entire day’s bio-dynamic introductory seminar at ‘Holy

Green Agro Farm’. We would like to give our thanks to Su-

darshan Chaudhary for sharing his valuable time to introduce to the making of proper compost

heaps. All at Holy Green Agro Farm family would like to express sincere thanks for providing us

with this special event.



We are practicing bio-dynamic farming since 2013. With the regular help of Ritman Gurung

and Bishnu Serchan from ‘Worldganic Farmhouse’ and the ‘Maitreya Pathshala (Waldrof

School)’ Pokhara.

We would like to recall the beginning

of our farm in 2013 when we at-

tended a one day bio-dynamic semi-

nar on 22 October with our villagers

and with the co-operation of Ritman

Gurung and Bishnu Serchan.

Report Prepared by Mahendra Kumar Shrestha and Bishnu Thapa Shrestha,Tanahun, Nepal



COMPOST MAKING WORKSHOP and SEMINAR

Sudarshan Chowdary, a young farmer in Sapatari, launched the compost making pro-

ject in Sapatari District, East Nepal. He was introduced to biodynamic agriculture by

Hans Mulder (NZ) and Krishna Gurung (NP).

Sudarshan found the opportunity to use the cow dung in his village that was other-wise a useless by-product of milk production and thus an inconvenience to the vil-

lagers who had no use for this waste. On becoming acquainted with bio-dynamic ag-

riculture, Sudarshan became aware of the value

of the cow’s manure and subsequently, set

about collecting the cow dung from the villag-

ers who owned cows and proceeded to create

compost heaps on his farm in the shade of the

mango trees.

Sudarshan also collected the cow horns from

slaughtered cattle and started making biody-

namic preparation known as ‘BD 500’ as well.

In 2016, Sudarshan prepared and buried 200 cow horns in the process of making BD

500. In addition, he also owns 10 cows and cultivates a vegetable garden on part of

the 5 acre small-holding. Needless to say, Sudarshan also spray BD 500 across his

land!



He has also started promoting Biodynamic Agri-

cultural practices within his community. Sudarshan

has already instructed young farmers in the making

of good BD composts and some of these young

farmers have in turn started to make their own

composts to increase the fertility of the soil on

their small farms.

Sudarshan also instigated a biodynamic workshop

with the cooperation ‘Rural Tharu Women Farm-

ers’. The workshop was attended by thirty women

farmers. This was organized by ‘Sauraha Commu-

nity Library’, Ratnanagar – 18, Chitwan on 9-10

April, 2016. The seminar was facilitated by Sudar-

san Chowdary of ‘Spiral Farm House’, who also

gave vital technical support.



Grateful thanks to: Aracaria Biodynamic Farm, Mullumbimby. www.aracaria.com.au

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