We’re having the soil tested on our nature-friendly vegetable growing site at Treraven Farm, Wadebridge.

Jake Corin of the Symbiosis Soil Lab in Cornwall has been taking soil samples from the veg beds, the orchard and meadow, and our compost making area.

We’re already growing our veg crops using no-dig methods and no harmful chemicals. We don’t plough, till or rotavate and we use our own compost and natural fertilisers to enrich the soil.

We’re one of 15 community growing schemes chosen to take part in Sustainable Food Cornwall‘s Joining the Dots for Nature initiative, which includes soil testing. Sophie Bailey, its community growing development worker, is leading the project.

As we’re so often told, a teaspoon of soil contains more living organisms than there are people on this planet.

These tests will help us find out how healthy our own soil is and how we can improve it.

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