We have no doubt that the use of Preparation 500 ("Horn Manure") and the compost preparations (various herbal stimulants) has led to a richer, darker, more porous soil, which is above all notable by its rich smell of the forest floor. We have seen and measured a rapid increase in ripeness promoted by Preparation 501 ("Horn Silica"), even though this was above all a lesson on the need to use this homeopathic "magnifying glass" with great caution in our warm to hot climate. We have also employed the technique of "peppering" to control starlings, who decimated the chardonnay in 1999, keeping them out by simply spraying their potentised ash around the perimeter of the vineyard at the correct astrological time.

These are demonstrated and tangible benefits which have been discounted for far too long by the mainstream of reductionist, materialist science. Our view is that biodynamics cannot hurt - in start contrast with genetic engineering. Unfortunately working with nature is not a new concept, and therefore cannot be patented and sold for profit, and therefore is not being supported by mainstream political parties.