MAYER, Minn.- The Schuettes' neighbors probably weren't sure what has been growing for the last few months on a field near Mayer. Dean Schuette is taking part in a cover crop demonstration project ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! Harvest has begun around the valley with tomatoes, cucumbers, squash and sweet corn. Many backyard gardeners are out there preserving the harvest by ...

RICE COUNTY, Minn. - For three weeks from August through Labor Day, the field looked like a busy child's sandbox as conservation structures were installed. Now, the field is turning green as tillage ...

ANNA, OhioANNA, Ohio — White radishes are taking root on Tony Luthman’s farm, the start of what he hopes will create a welcome mat for the corn he plants in the spring. With taproots that can grow ...

ANNA, Ohio | White radishes are taking root on Tony Luthman’s farm, the start of what he hopes will create a welcome mat for the corn he plants in the spring. With taproots that can grow several feet ...

ANNA, Ohio — White radishes are taking root on Tony Luthman’s farm, the start of what he hopes will create a welcome mat for the corn he plants in the spring. With taproots that can grow several feet ...

The radish serves as one of many cover crop options for a no-till operation. Known originally as forage radishes, they have large strong taproots and exhibit many cover crop benefits: Two of the most ...

HOLTWOOD, Pa. — As the sun sets over Cover Crop Solutions’ sprawling fields, a small group huddles around Ray “The Soils Guy” Archuleta. HOLTWOOD, Pa. — As the sun sets over Cover Crop Solutions’ ...

Although I have some crops in the high tunnel, my outside gardening is done. Today, I got my garlic put in and I planted hairy vetch and rye cover crop in the last section of the garden. Speaking of ...

PHOTO CONTRIBUTEDThis is a garden at the home of Larry and Christine Miller of Goshen. This is the Millers’ first year to try radishes. They are using the radishes to improve the soil in this garden, ...

The conventional way that gardeners solve bad-soil trouble is by adding organic matter such as compost, leaves, grass clippings, and/or rotted manure – or bypassing in-ground planting altogether with ...