Buckwheat is a cover crop with a bonus -- seeds that can be ground into flour. And according to the Oregon State University Extension Service, both home gardeners and farmers are finding buckwheat to ...

BUCKWHEAT: IT’S NOT just for pancakes anymore. While pancakes are one of the finest culinary pleasures humankind has devised, buckwheat is a much more important crop than it typically receives credit ...

Gardening ethic emphasizes cover cropping: stewardship boosting soil health, productivity, biodiversity, and resilience.

PLYMOUTH NOTCH — Buckwheat used to be called the “lazy farmer’s crop.” It would grow anywhere, the soil didn’t have to be that fertile, and farmers could plant it in June and still harvest a good crop ...

I’m a big fan of cover crops on the farm and in the garden. Cover crops are not harvested. Instead they’re used for other purposes, such as preventing erosion or improving soil tilth. One of my ...

Interest in cover crops in the UK has been on a steep upward trajectory for several years, driven by their ability to right some of the environmental wrongs in cropping systems. As research money is ...

Dorset grower John Martin, together with Kings Seeds, has designed his own cover crop mix, which provides the maximum benefit to his calcareous soils while also being cost-effective. He was first ...

A SOUTH Australian company is getting in on the ground floor of the US cover crop boom with its diamond harrow seeder. The idea of the machine is to scratch up just enough surface to sow a crop of ...