Do you grow your own fruit and veg or are you planning to this year? It's nearly time to start sowing seeds, but did you know that there are regenerative farming practices that can be carried out on a smaller scale to allow you to grow even healthier food? 1) Compost This simple practice is super easy and really effective, but results in a lovely rich humus that will increase the nutrients in your soil. The key is to have a good balance between carbon (dry, 'brown' materials

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