Whether you’re a small-time gardener or a big scale farmer growing cover crops like corn and soybeans can benefit you and your soil. Cover crops are referred to as “green manure” because they provide ...

Growing your own vegetables is rewarding and a great way to provide your family with fresh produce. Thanks to our mild Florida winters, backyard gardens can be productive all year long. Sustaining all ...

As your vegetable garden winds down for the season, it can be tempting to simply let it rest until spring. But what if you ...

Your garden has done a great job of feeding you this season, why not return the favor? Instead of leaving the ground open over the winter, consider planting a cover crop, also known as green manure.

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I am totally geeking out over cover crops these days. Also known as green manure, cover crops are plants that you grow to help enrich the nutrient density of your garden, improve soil texture, and ...

In addition to providing all the other benefits of a cover crop, crimson clover supplies plants with nitrogen. (8mitsu) No one wants to think of harvest's end as the garden reaches peak, but now's the ...

When the Southern Cover Crops Council held its annual conference recently in Baton Rouge, I was fortunate to sit in on panel discussions with farmers and specialty crops (vegetables, fruits, nuts and ...

Cover crops can be sown in early spring to improve soil health and choke out weeds. Turn the crop under before planting warm-season vegetables like tomato and pepper, annual bedding plants or ...

Long before the advent of synthetic plant foods, farmers had only two ways to make their fields more fertile. One method was to spread manure from livestock, which proved a labor-intensive method that ...

Is your veggie garden done for the season? There are a couple things you can do; let the garden go fallow, unplanted, cover it up with clear plastic for 6–8 weeks of solarization or plant ...

Your garden has done a great job of feeding you this season, why not return the favor? Instead of leaving the ground open over the winter, consider planting a cover crop, also known as green manure.