Good planning and paddock rotation crucial to fresh vegetables

By Jamie Brown
Updated April 24 2017 - 3:13pm, first published 9:00am
Stephen Guest amongst his cabbages at Plateau Farms, North Dorrigo. Tests show no decline in structure on these friable red ferrosol soils despite 60 years of cultivation all thanks to sensible rotation and green manure.
Stephen Guest amongst his cabbages at Plateau Farms, North Dorrigo. Tests show no decline in structure on these friable red ferrosol soils despite 60 years of cultivation all thanks to sensible rotation and green manure.

The Guest family, North Dorrigo, works well with Coles because they provide a consistent product. Key to that consistency is planning ahead - six months - and work starts with the soil.

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