23/08/2025
COVER CROPS. We've bit the bullet and made a start planting cover crops into our post-harvest stubble ground in the hope that this rain will finally come next week.
We plant cover crops as a soil conditioner and soil protector to protect the soils from harsh conditions over the winter. By keeping roots in the ground all year-round, we are keeping life in the soil and providing our microbial organisms happy and healthy.
This 10-way seed mix has a variety of root depths to sit down into the soil, breaking up any compaction from heavy combine harvesters and tractors during the harvest period. The plants are also sucking nitrogen and carbon out of the atmosphere and storing this in the soil for the next cereal crop.
Oh, and the cover crop with also provide forage for our animals late autumn/early winter. It's a win: win situation for every form of life.
All we need is some rain now 🤞🏽
