WE DO MORE
Soil protection measures are just as important for sustainable agriculture as the quality of the crops that grow on it. That is why we make sure that our fields are doing well: in addition to continuously
changing the crop rotation, this includes the regular cultivation of green manure plants or flowering meadows, which supply the soil with natural nutrients after ploughing, or planned rest periods in which we do nothing at all and the land can “recover” from the previous year’s crop and recharge its batteries.
"THOSE WHO SOW HERBS HAVE INSECTS AS USEFUL GUESTS!"
Plant protection does not take care of itself. That’s why we have employed millions of little beneficial insects. Beneficial insects are arachnids or insects such as predatory mites, lacewings, gall midges or parasitic wasps that like to eat insects that damage our plants. This means we can do without chemical insecticides, which are also dangerous to all other six-legged and eight-legged creatures.
FRESHNESS IN THE FIELD
Actually, there are no “weeds”. We believe that every plant has its purpose in the ecosystem, even if not everywhere! The problem with weeds in the field is that they behave rather unsolidarily towards other plants and take all the nutrients from the soil for themselves. To guarantee the quality of our herbs, we have to get rid of them. We manage this with GPS-controlled automatic tractors that drive along our rows of plants, automatically distinguish weeds from herbs and – of course – remove them. That way, only what really belongs in the field stays there.