How we grow our blooms in happy soil
When we refer to Happy Soil we mean soil that hasn't been drowned in chemicals and is full of worms and micro organisms, just the way it should be! To achieve this we've banned all toxic chemicals and sprays from the field.
We feed the soil with tonnes of compost, powdered micro organisms and manure before we plant.
To keep the weeds down and feed the soil some more, we mulch with sacks, old cardboard boxes gathered from local skips or the dump, wood chips, old bailage and anything else we can get our hands on.
We feed the plants with a compost tea brewed up with molasses that is alive with micro organisms and a home made liquid fish fertiliser. If we get a bout of bad bugs we spray with Neem Oil and Pyrethrum and more recently we've purchased predator insects to hatch and feed on the bad bugs.
What we've noticed in the short time we've been feeding the soil and growing flowers is a huge increase in the wildlife. The field hums with bees and bumblebees, monarch butterflies, frogs, lizards, dragonflies and birds.
It's our happy place and the wildlife seems to agree.
We feed the soil with tonnes of compost, powdered micro organisms and manure before we plant.
To keep the weeds down and feed the soil some more, we mulch with sacks, old cardboard boxes gathered from local skips or the dump, wood chips, old bailage and anything else we can get our hands on.
We feed the plants with a compost tea brewed up with molasses that is alive with micro organisms and a home made liquid fish fertiliser. If we get a bout of bad bugs we spray with Neem Oil and Pyrethrum and more recently we've purchased predator insects to hatch and feed on the bad bugs.
What we've noticed in the short time we've been feeding the soil and growing flowers is a huge increase in the wildlife. The field hums with bees and bumblebees, monarch butterflies, frogs, lizards, dragonflies and birds.
It's our happy place and the wildlife seems to agree.