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 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Buckwheat is a broadleaved annual species that is often used as a summer cover crop for its quick growth, weed suppressive ability, and ease ...

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 ...

Buckwheat is a popular cover crop and also a flavorful, protein-rich food. Learn about harvesting buckwheat, processing it, and using it in a delicious buckwheat recipe. Homegrown buckwheat is a ...

Do you have spare space in your garden that is taken over by weeds? Try summer cover crops during the growing season to enrich your soil for subsequent planting and to smother the weeds. Cover crops ...

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 ...

Cover crops are typically planted as seeds directly in the ground (not transplanted) at the end of the growing season after the last of the summer crops have been harvested and before cold weather ...

Washington State University researchers are looking for farmers with more than 20 acres to experiment with buckwheat. The crop can benefit a total farm system, growers say, but the Washington Grain ...

One of the constant challenges we face with The Chronicle's rooftop garden is keeping soil healthy. Because we're limited to gardening in containers, our plants don't have the luxury of growing ...

With summer over, many of us are putting our garden beds to sleep until spring. But if you’re leaving your beds bare, you are missing out on an opportunity to improve your soil and give your garden a ...

The sun baked and broiled. The heat drew lifeblood from all but the hardiest of plants. The drought afflicted its punishment far and wide. The summer of 1988 may have been hard on people, but on ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. — When 4 million acres of the South Dakota’s crops couldn’t be planted in 2019, there was a powerful need for cover crop seeds. Millborn Seeds Inc. of Brookings was one of the players ...