As we head into the end of the growing and gardening season, it’s important to show your garden some love after it has provided all season long for you and yours. My preferred cover crop mix is oats, ...

Every fall after the growing season, I like to put the vegetable garden to bed for the winter with a cover crop of winter rye. Broadly speaking, a cover crop is a crop that covers the soil with a ...

When it comes to forage and cover crops, winter rye offers rock-star versatility that makes it easy to love. Agronomy experts at the University of Vermont, North Dakota State University and the ...

We have all heard that old expression, " It's like watching grass grow." That's what this post is about. Not to worry though, I've done all the boring work for you by watching the grass grow. The ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – No one wants to think of harvest’s end as the vegetable garden reaches peak, but now’s the time to plan for cover crops to be planted in fall. Cover crops, also called green manure, ...

David Karki of SDSU underlined that planting cover crops like rye is not so much about big yield increases, but it will make the land more tolerant of fluctuations in weather. David Karki, a South ...

What are cover crops and why would I want to use them in my home garden? We all know that the foundation of a great garden is healthy, nutrient-rich soil. There are many ways to improve the ...

When it comes to seeding rates for winter legume cover crops, more seed doesn't necessarily mean much more biomass production and weed suppression. A recent study for specialty crop growers by the ...

Establishing winter cover crops after or between harvests can be a great way to preserve soil structure, protect against erosion and produce biomass that feeds the soil ecology. However, if you’re in ...

Cover crops are being increasingly recommended as an integrated approach to controlling glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth and other troublesome weeds. Thus, a field experiment was conducted in 2010 ...

No-till planting of sweet corn into a killed winter rye cover crop has the potential to provide soil health benefits such as reduced compaction, improved soil water holding capacity, reduced ...