Useful links on soil health

More resources on soil health

Testing your soils

• Budapest soil health forum: stay up to date with the latest developments in soil science and soil measurement policy

• Healthy grassland soils - quick steps to assess soil structure 

• Which soil test to use

• Laboratories that could be used for soil analysis: NRM, JHI

Improving soil health

• Improving soil quality: practical guide (Farming for a Better Climate)

• Edge effect useful explanation of edge effect as it relates to planting patterns

• Keyline design – brief intro to Keyline Design by Ridgedale Permaculture, a regenerative farm in Sweden who have used it

• Seven ways to save our soils (Soil Association guide)

• Living soils – a call to action (Soil Association guide)

• Sort out your soil: a practical guide to green manures and cover crops (Cotswold Grass Seeds)

Soil management

• Soil Management: practical guide (Farming for a Better Climate)

• Soil management presentation (Soil Association Scotland)

• Soil management on organic farms (Soil Association Technical guide)

• Soil management on organic farms: Introduction (Soil Association factsheet)

• Controlling rushes without chemicals

Soil fertilisers and manures

• Good Green Manures presentation

• Green Manures presentation - Thankerton 

• Green manures: Effects on soil nutrient management (Garden Organic)

• Green manures: Species selection (Garden Organic)

• Over-Winter Green Manures: a winter of opportunity (Forage Matters by Ian Wilkinson. Cotswold Seeds)