Evening all.
Busy carting a couple of trailer loads of five year old pig manure at the moment
, tipping at the side of a pile of horse
and hen
manure with the intention of mixing it all with my five foot Howard rotorvator. Some of the horse manure does have some wood shavings but I'm not going to start picking it out. Its all going to have to cook together before been spread onto the land, probably early new year time. Have also got some cow
manure on straw to collect from another local farm. Do I keep it separate or mix that in as well ?
Any road, the point of this rant is ;- can anyone recommend a soil test kit ? Preferably something that does not have wires, batteries etc. But then does such a soil test kit exist ? Reason being, I am looking into getting some sort of status for these spuds that I am managing to sell and now realise the defination of "Organic".
At this moment I am not convinced that Organic status will help but could be a burden to my effort. However I like the sound of the Wholesome Food Association (WFA) as it more akin to small local producers. The big question both organisations ask is 'Crop Rotation'? There is no point me stating that I am going to grow such & such a veg or crop if the soil is not suitable.
So the question is .... Soil Test Kits.... Recommendations or experience please ?