Lauriston Farm had it's annual Demeter inspection a few weeks ago and one of the recommendations was to include the salt marsh in the Biodynamic field sprays. This land has previously been designated as 'wild land' for the Biodynamic Demeter certification as it lies beyond the sea wall in the Blackwater estuary.
Spencer agreed to carry out the horn manure and horn silica sprays by the end of November. With the help of the Tuesday volunteers, the two sprays were completed on successive Tuesdays.
We walked out onto the salt marsh at low tide on the 18th for the horn manure spray. We each had a bucket of horn manure liquid and used paint brushes to spray out the droplets. An aerial photograph (from Google Maps) is included below to show the area we sprayed.
The horn silica spray requires a fine mist and so we used Spencer's spray equipment to achieve this. See the photos below to see how we did it. Luckliy the wind was blowing in the right direction and we could walk along the sea wall to spray out over the salt marsh.
Spencer agreed to carry out the horn manure and horn silica sprays by the end of November. With the help of the Tuesday volunteers, the two sprays were completed on successive Tuesdays.
We walked out onto the salt marsh at low tide on the 18th for the horn manure spray. We each had a bucket of horn manure liquid and used paint brushes to spray out the droplets. An aerial photograph (from Google Maps) is included below to show the area we sprayed.
The horn silica spray requires a fine mist and so we used Spencer's spray equipment to achieve this. See the photos below to see how we did it. Luckliy the wind was blowing in the right direction and we could walk along the sea wall to spray out over the salt marsh.