Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) blooming. What are cover crops and how do they build soil? Follow these planting methods and reliable cover crop options to solar-charge your soil and improve soil ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A primary challenge of managing vegetable production on a small land base is the maintenance and building of soil quality. Previous studies ...

White clover serves as the premier living mulch system over any other legume. It is robust, resilient and competitive. It produces nice, green walkways and builds soils. It outcompetes weeds, is easy ...

Cereal rye is a go-to cover crop for many producers, including organic growers looking to avoid a chemical method of weed control. Eric Yu is a University of Minnesota Extension educator on crops ...

Cover crops are plants that are planted to cover the soil to keep it in place and improve soil health. They can be intercropped with other crops or planted after harvesting. The crops are mainly grown ...

Researchers tested the effects of vetch residue management strategies incorporating green manure using a roller-crimper and different organic fertilizers on organic zucchini yield and quality. When ...

While farmers plant millions acres of plants like rye and clover to boost soil health and crowd out weeds, a cover crop does the same thing in the smallest home garden. With cover crops, a vegetable ...

Planting cover crops in winter gives your garden a boost. These crops, like rye, clover, and oats, keep your soil covered and ...

While the practice of no-till gardening is not new, information has traditionally centered on agricultural field crops. Now, home gardeners are catching on. “The concept of no-till has been around for ...

Although there really isn’t an “offseason” when crops don’t grow well here in the Bay Area, I am always amazed by the number of gardeners I know who don’t plant a cool-season garden. Since I come from ...