CLICK HERE TO ORDER The Flowerdaze Farm Regenerative Guide to Cannabis Want to know how we grow award-winning flowers using only homemade, farm-sourced inputs? This is an easy-to-use basic guide to our season-long recipe for cultivating the dankest, highest quality cannabis, using only natural, farm-sourced, homegrown and homemade ingredients. For all beyond-organic gardeners, these fertility methods can be utilized on any scale from home grows to craft commercial farms. Reviews "Cannabis farmers have the ultimate responsibility of working with the plant that has the potential to clean the planet through its phytoremediation abilities while transforming the health of humanity. Thankfully we have role models and teachers like Jacob and Karla to guide us on this path. This little gem of a book is straightforward and packed with clear instructions on how to transform your gardening using time-tested biodynamic and regenerative farming techniques." -Frenchy Cannoli, Master Hashishin "Flowerdaze Farm's regenerative and biodynamic cultivation methods produce exceptionally dank flowers. Generously sharing their time-tested recipes and techniques, they've made it possible for any gardener to grow cannabis of a superior quality that is sure to stand out in a market full of mids." -Caitlin Podiak, Certified Dank "Thank you Flowerdaze Farm for taking the time to transform your expertise into DIY information for all. We look forward to supporting communities everywhere in their transition toward regenerative agriculture." -Hollie and Dan, Compliant Farms Certified "I've been seeking the wisdom of how to deeply connect with cannabis and our land. This guide from Flowerdaze Farm showed me the truth, love, and how to move forward with transitioning into a regenerative farm." -Sassy from Booney Acres CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR PRINTED COPY Also available in Ebook. Look for The Flowerdaze Farm Regenerative Guide to Cannabis Ebook at most major Online Retailers
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The time has come to explore a new dimension of experience in cannabis. What connoisseurs have come to expect from a top shelf indoor flower can now be found under the sun in native soil, grown in complete harmony with nature, reflecting the distinctive flavors, characteristics and true Terroir of the land and the region in which it is grown. Located in one of the most special cannabis appellations and premier micro-regions for cannabis cultivation in the world, Flowerdaze Farm is dedicated to upholding a standard of quality, purity, and artistry that is first and foremost about making art, in humble collaboration with Nature, and pursuing what is so much more than a passion, it is our way of life; The Way of The Flower—the ancient spiritual art form of nobly and mindfully preserving the very essence of Nature in its finest moment. We hold true in our practice to the lessons that the plant teaches, and it shows. We use no commercial pesticides or fertilizers, and everything that goes into producing our flowers is made on the farm from the land, by our own hands, from start to finish. Our small batch, specialty flowers are meticulously tended and holistically cultivated to full season under the sun in native living soil, harvested in single batches at the very moment the resin is most ripe, impeccably preserved, and cured to perfection. The outcome is a true top shelf flower that has the beauty, complexity and elegance of premium quality, and the perfect combination of the most natural, pure, multidimensional and spiritually elevating medicinal experience you can buy. The real reason why we insist on doing it this way? Because we love it. Is it worth it? Absolutely. We would have it no other way. And the best part about it? We can share it with the world. I know it sounds like we have some sort of super chickens, and not that they aren’t incredible ladies, but alas, it is the simple design of this chicken tractor that my husband put together to which we really owe our gratitude. Thank you Papa Bear Mystic for your ingenious and creative solutions to homesteading chores.
Even to most organic growers it seems scary to put your trust in Nature completely and try not to interfere with the process that happens when humus is built up naturally in the soil, providing plants with a complete array of vitamins and minerals needed to thrive, as well as the all important microbiology which flourishes in healthy soil and works precisely and delicately alongside plants’ root systems to make nutrition readily bioavailable when plants want it, resist pests and ailments, and produce high yields and increase oil resin production and potency. It is no surprise, however, that the finely tuned art of Nature has a perfect way of doing this. In order to grow amazing weed without any store-bought fertilizers, first of all, you must be willing to grow in the ground, out of doors, in native living soils (and preferably with natural unchlorinated waters). Secondly, you must be willing to do the work of building your own soil. How does one do that? It’s very simple. Stop buying things such as bagged soil, store bought nutrients or fertilizers. Raise chickens and/or other livestock such as sheep, goats or cattle. Utilize the manure and waste of all the living beings on your land to make your own compost. Companion plant or rotate fodder crops for feeding them alongside your cannabis and other crops. Get worms and make your own castings, too, from the same wastes and food scraps. Cover crop every winter and mulch regularly to build organic matter. Rotate cultivation areas or rows into fallow to rest the soil every 3-5 years. Do not over-till or cultivate with heavy machinery. Oxygenate and cultivate your soil by hand to increase the nutrient intake and fertility within the humus you create. Companion plant with beneficial plant species and cultivate a bio-diverse poly-culture to keep soil nutrients and microbiology in healthy balance and pests under control. Utilize Biodynamic plant and mineral preparations of Quartz Crystal, Horn Silica, Yarrow, Chamomile, Oak Bark, Stinging Nettle, Willow, Burdock, Dandelion, Valerian and Horsetail and manure preparations and compost teas to fertilize in a closed-loop system.
Biodynamics is a holistic, ecological, and ethical approach to farming, gardening, food, and nutrition that has been practiced for nearly a century, on every continent on Earth. Biodynamic principles and practices are based on the insights of renowned German scientist and philosopher Rudolf Steiner and have been developed through the collaboration of many farmers, scientists and researchers since the early 1920s. It may come as a surprise to some that one of the most important centers for the preservation of Biodynamics was right here in our remote little valley deep in the heart of the Emerald Triangle, where one of Rudolph Steiner’s most dedicated prodigies, Minerva Brooks, emigrated in the first half of the 20th century to escape the Nazi regime in Germany and bring Biodynamics safely out of Nazi Germany to the United States. Minerva had had a dream shortly after Steiner’s death, in which he came to her and very clearly uttered only one word, “Hyampom”. Minerva Brooks had never heard this word before in her life and had no clue as to its meaning. She did, however, embark upon a journey to the United States, initially landing in the Middle West somewhere. She continued her journey for “Hyampom”, discovering that there was such a place, named so by the Wintu Tribe, which had long inhabited the tiny remote river valley deep in the mountains of Northern California. She relocated here, where she spent the next 40 years running a Biodynamic farm in this pristine wilderness Valley. Today, the Biodynamic movement encompasses thousands of regenerative gardens, farms, ranches, orchards, and vineyards, in a wide variety of climates, ecological contexts, and economic settings. Biodynamic farmers strive to create a balanced and diverse ecosystem that generates health and fertility as much as possible from within the farm itself. A Biodynamic farm is the ultimate regenerative farm. Preparations made from fermented manure, minerals and herbs are used to help restore and harmonize the vital life forces of the soil and to enhance the nutrition, quality, and flavor of the food and products being raised. Biodynamic practitioners also recognize and strive to work in cooperation with the subtle influences of the wider cosmos on soil, plant, and animal health. Perhaps this is why Biodynamics is sometimes misunderstood and considered to be like a form of witchcraft. As much as I love to think of myself as a witch having inalienable powers, in Biodynamics the connections between living things on Earth and the forces of the cosmos are astronomical in nature, not astrological or mythological. In other words, we use science to determine astronomically which influences are having an effect on the Earth at any given time, and how those influences subtly affect living organisms of different types. It allows us to perceive ourselves and the plants, animals and soil we raise as part of a whole interconnected living organism that is The Farm. Furthermore, it allows us as The Farm to be holistically interconnected with the larger global energies of The Earth and the greater cosmic forces of The Universe. It provides us with a real, direct and simple approach to healing the Earth and ourselves. Biodynamics is thus not just a holistic agricultural system but also a potent movement for new thinking and practices in all aspects of life connected to food and agriculture. Witchcraft or Science, either way, it works. I like to think of it more as a way of life. |
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