Throughout our 33 years of working the land here at
Rural Rootz, we have experimented with making soil and compost. We
have followed the tried and true methods and we have tested the latest
trends in gardening. Tom and I are not botanically trained but with my
Dutch heritage and Tom’s inquisitive nature, it became a given that
we would be drawn to unravelling the secrets of the earth on our
hundred acre nature reserve.
In writing this book I have put down the steps we
followed in producing a friable soil mix starting from a base of sand
and manure. With the aid of archival pictures and drawings I have
explained the methods that we have finally settled on as being the
most effective for soil building, compost production and plant well
being.
