Soil

08 Apr 2019 - Tansy Arron-Walker

We had soil samples taken earlier this year and intend to continue with annual or semi annual tests to make sure our soil health is coninuously improving.

Organic matter on the cropland is currently around 2.5%, and in the wooded ridge 4.5%

There is a good diversity of bacteria and fungi, but very low numbers. Hopefully we’ll see a quick increase in these numbers moving to no-till and focusing on adding organic matter and living roots all year round.

One of the largest suprises was the incredible difference in PH between the upper and lower fields - the upper field is 6.1, the lower field and the wooded ridge are 7.9!