Chop and drop is exactly as it sounds – to chop a plant or tree, and drop the trimmings back on the ground. When the tops are cut the roots slough off adding carbon, organic matter and boosting soil biology. Short roots not so much – that’s why you should let your lawn grow long! […]

Plants are incredibly fertile – grass, dahlias, nettles, parsley, plantain, borage, buttercup, comfrey, dock, shrubs, trees – you get the picture, all plants! Plants are natures soil builders, in part from the bits and pieces of organic matter they drop onto the soil, but mostly from the biology that lives in and around their roots. […]