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Crop rotation

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Soil Preps for Heavy Feeder Crops

Soil Preps for Heavy Feeder Crops

Heavy feeders are called heavy feeders because they are hungrier than light feeders. It's not that they need piles of fertiliser, what they need, is just enough... steady, not boom and bust. Overfeeding is, long term, perhaps worse than under feeding. Today is all about how much is

2 Ways to Transition from Greencrop to Crop

2 Ways to Transition from Greencrop to Crop

Greencrops are such good soil builders, that you don't need to use as much compost when you regularly incorporate them into your crop rotation. A big win if you're aiming for most of your compost to be homemade. Here are three ways to get good at

Easy Peasy Crop Rotation

Easy Peasy Crop Rotation

Crop rotation is falling out of fashion - and I'm glad for it, it used to be a stuffy, over complicated thing. But don't lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater! Both your soil, and your crops appreciate the moving about and mixing of