The ground here in Rutland is slowing warming up (it’s ‘late’ land – slow to warm but slow to cool in the autumn). The only planting we have done so far is a few hundred Bulgarian Rosa damascena which we were fortunate to exchange with Neal’s Yard for a number of our home grown four [...]
We filled and buried the cow horn manure shortly after the late October (Samhuin) full moon and treated the compost heap with the range of biodynamic herbal preparations. These interesting and important experiences allow one to take stock of the relationship between the farmer and farm. As we buried the biodynamic cow horn manure this [...]
Because some medicinal herbs are annuals, some perennials and because success rates vary from season to season, the actual numbers and varieties of our plantings required vary dramatically from year to year. It’s always a risk, but 2008 was a particularly important planting year for us with almost 300,000 plants going in at the end [...]
25% herbal tinctures may be as high as 65% water. We are often asked if we use public mains tap water in our medicines. The answer is an emphatic NO! Actually we do not use public mains water anywhere on the farm at all, with what we need being drawn from our own artesian well. [...]
Many herbalists grow their own herbs but we believe that those who do not should have the opportunity to have every assurance of the conditions in which their raw materials and produced and handled. That is why our farm is thrown open several times a year, during the summer. Please check the website for dates [...]
Rutland Biodynamics Ltd., is believed to be the only farm run by a qualified herbalist to be accepted for licensing under the Traditional Herbal Medicines Directive (THMD), anywhere in the whole of Europe. In the main, GMP means that the level of safety of our products is guaranteed extremely high and the chance of errors [...]
MHRA MIA 28255 (GMP)
