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We Work To Regenerate Soil

At The Soil Farm, we work to regenerate soil, implementing a number of holistic practices into landscape management, with the aim of improving The Soil Food Web, enabling the soil to naturally feed, protect and nurture the plants that are grown in it.  By allowing nature to work as it should, we also see huge benefits to our environment.

It's All about the Biology...

When Soil is healthy, it is packed full of microbes.  These microbes live in symbiosis with the plants.  The plants feed the microbes sugars and the microbes feed the plants minerals and nutrients.

Through the use of chemicals and industrial farming practises, much of our Soil has been stripped of its biology and has turned to dirt.  Plants growing in dirt need constant synthetic inputs to ensure survival, they lack nutrient density, they are susceptible to disease and with a lack of underground biodiversity, there is a lack of above ground biodiversity too. Not only this but the dirt cannot hold water and it loses valuable soil carbon into the atmosphere as atmospheric CO2.

Healthy Soil sees an increase in:

/ Water retention
/ Biodiversity
/ Crop yield and resilience
/ Carbon Sequestration

Just as nature designed…

 

 

 

 


 

What We Do

Composting Solutions and Consultancy

We trial and test different composting systems to find practical, effective solutions that we can help implement into existing landscape management, all the while focussing on regenerating Soil biology, reducing input costs and creating a positive impact on the plants that are grown.

Specialist Composting

Our specialist compost has very precise, measured inputs ensuring that the Soil Food Web microbes have an environment to thrive in.  The resultant material is used on wider landscape projects to restore soil biology, increasing biodiversity, crop yield and nutrition, water table quality and sequestering carbon.

We work at any scale, from gardens to orchards, creating bespoke solutions for any landscape.

Waste Streams

We work with our Compost partners to collect pre-plate food waste, cardboard, shredded paper, green waste, leaves and woodchip ready for our composting processes.

By processing these waste streams into Compost, we are keeping a valuable resource on island and using it to benefit our landscapes.

Become a Compost Partner

Chickens

Our chickens get fed from the food waste we collect.  They love the diversity and eat the bits they want, leaving the bits they don’t and mixing it up with a layer of woodchip or cardboard.  This is the start of one of our composting processes.

As well as a fresh, diverse diet, our chickens have huge areas of greenery to roam searching out bugs and grubs, finding shade amongst the trees and producing us tasty, nutritious eggs which are available at The Guernsey Weigh.

You can also experience the joy of chicken keeping with our Chicken tractors.

Flock a Rent Eggs

Worm Farm

Some of our compost heads off into our worm farm where it is turned into beautiful, microbially dense castings; an excellent natural fertiliser for any plant.

Awareness & Education

We believe that Soil health needs to be talked about! Whether it be simple conversations, talks in schools or bringing a world class Soil Scientist to the island, we are here to spread the word.


 

Shop @ The Soil Farm

Aside from the communication and advocacy of soil health and composting, and producing our own products, we see a great need to supply trusted, well sourced products that can support gardeners, growers and farmers in their quest for healthier landscapes.

We have partnered with a small number of companies that offer these products so that we can get them into the Guernsey market.

To place an order and arrange delivery, email [email protected]


 

Cardboard Chips

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REMIN Volcanic Rock Dust

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Rootgrow™ Mycorrhizal Fungi

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Eggs

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Worm Castings

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Cover Crop Seed

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