Here are our lovely cover crops doing their job... This plot of land has been an orchard for 23 years, and it's now on a break before it gets grazed with sheep to kick start the soil biology so that it can become a vineyard. Cover crops manage soil erosion, soil fertility, soil quality, water, weeds, pests, diseases, biodiversity and wildlife. It's thought that intensively managed agricultural soils have lost 50% to 70% of their pre-cultivation carbon, and this loss is partly

Difficult to narrow down this year's plans for the farm, but here are 5 key goals that we're already focusing on... We're really excited about getting pigs, sheep and chickens on the farm - their job will be to kickstart soil biology on ground that has historically been in orchards for a long time. We've put in our cover crops already, so livestock grazing will help to cycle nutrients quicker than plants on their own can. The woodland trees will make the farm a more diverse e