PRACTICAL TOOLS Archives - Learning From Nature

Making Regenerative Agriculture more Attractive

With agriculture, a major contributor to the climate emergency, some of the world's largest food and agricultural businesses, through the Sustainable Markets Initiative, have called for the uptake of regenerative

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Compost and Biological Fertilisers – Are they Regenerative Practices?

Compost and biological fertilisers can be regenerative practices. But it depends on how we use them. We can improve organic matter levels, microbial diversity and activity in our soils by switching

Photo showing the benefits of choosing regenerative practices

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How to Choose Regenerative Practices – that Work

Many of us are switching to regenerative practices in our farms and gardens, having realised that the land we've managed 'sustainably' can give us more support with growing food by

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How to Grow Vegetables with Trees: Tips for Success

Growing trees is terrific. But how can we grow vegetables with trees? Alley cropping vegetables by growing them between rows of trees, shrubs, and perennial grasses improves the microclimate, reduces

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How to Grow Living Mulch: Helpful Tips

Nobody would dispute the value of mulch. But instead of bringing mulch in from somewhere else at cost, we're better off growing living mulch right where we need it! Before and

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Orchards can be Enchanting as well as Productive

Are you tired of your orchard just being a place where you work, instead of an enchanting space - like the beautiful orchards in the stories we grew up with...

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Grow Vegetables with Living Mulch

How much do you spend on mulch every year for your vegetable beds? Have you thought of growing vegetables with living mulch instead? Living mulch is a mixture of perennial

Photo of Graham and Fiona Grant using eco-logical techniques to control insect pests

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How to Control Insect Pests – Eco-logically

Would you make visiting a hydroponics farm a priority to find out how to control insect pests in your garden or farm? Growing vegetables in plastic trays without soil, and