Have you ever considered using green manure to fertilize your garden and vegetable plots? This eco-friendly and totally organic method helps to maintain the organic matter in your soil, aids soil ...

Q: What is the difference between a green manure and a cover crop? Answer: Green manures and cover crops are grown to protect or prepare the soil for what we call cash crops to be harvested and used ...

Green manures, or cover crops, offer a fantastic way to boost the health of your soil, and not enough gardeners take advantage. They improve the structure, enhance the nutrient levels, and also ...

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 ...

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 ...

Green Manure crops literally extract some of the nutrients from the winter soil and store that in the stems (cells) and in the roots of the plant; Some green manure crops (the Legumes) have colonies ...

COURTESY KIMO FRANKLIN A "green" manure plot with Sunn hemp, buckwheat, oats, peas, rye grass and clover plants that are about 6 weeks old. They will be ready to chop down in approximately two weeks.

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 ...

Outdoor cannabis gardens lie at the mercy of the elements, and risk contaminating their surrounding environment with fertilizers and herbicides. Before you use chemicals on the farm, make sure to take ...