Useful links on soil health

More resources on soil health

Testing your soils

• Healthy grassland soils - quick steps to assess soil structure 
• SubVESS Subsoil Visual Evaluation of Soil Structure – Method Description and SubVESS chart
• Sector Mentor for Soils – soil health tests you can do on farm
• Which soil test to use (Soil Association technical guide)
• Laboratories that could be used for soil analysis: NRM, JHI, SAC
• Soil information, texture and liming recommendations (SRUC Technical Note TN656)

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)
• Valuing Your Soils: Practical guidance for Scottish farmers (SRUC)
• Controlling rushes without chemicals

Soil fertilisers and manures

• Good Green Manures presentation - David Michie
• Green Manures presentation - Thankerton (David Michie)
• Use of Cover Crops (Farming for a Better Climate)
• 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)
• Optimising the application of bulky organic fertilisers (SRUC Technical Note TN650)