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5 Ways Farms Can Save Water During a Drought

This is a guest post written by freelance writer Maria Reyes. Water supply is perhaps one of the most crucial elements in ensuring a successful harvest. To help guarantee the maximum growth of the plants while conserving this precious resource, it’s imperative to deliver just the right amount of water to crops at the rightContinueContinue reading “5 Ways Farms Can Save Water During a Drought”

Today is World Soil Day

It’s that time of year again when everyone should join in soilidarity (I’m ashamed that I can’t take the credit for this pun – I’ve seen it on twitter a hundred times or more already today) to celebrate soils and raise awareness of their plight. Yes, it’s ‘world soil day’! The changing nature of our soils isContinueContinue reading “Today is World Soil Day”

What are Your Gardening Options When You Decide to Go Green? – Guest post by Emma Joyce

Creating an eco-friendly backyard is not as hard as you might think. However there are several things that you need to take into account and plan for. Before starting any detailed work it is important to check if you have the right quality of soil and that none of the dangerous chemicals are present inContinueContinue reading “What are Your Gardening Options When You Decide to Go Green? – Guest post by Emma Joyce”

#farmenviro30

At the Birdfair in 2016 a plan for an event was formed and tomorrow it will finally become reality. For the first time members of the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs and A Focus on Nature, the UK youth conservation network, will come together to learn about conservation on farmland today and discuss theContinueContinue reading “#farmenviro30”

Why such interest in the soil?

Bloggers can become slightly obsessed by statistics. For me they help to give you an idea of the kinds of topics that readers are interested in and it’s always nice to know that more people are reading your work, but it stops at that. However, something I have found of great interest by looking atContinueContinue reading “Why such interest in the soil?”