If you're looking for a way to give your garden a boost during the off-season, planting cover crops is one of the best things you can do. It's such a satisfying process-watching your soil ...

Cover crops are becoming more popular in the Midwest, primarily as a resource to help protect soil quality. But popular cover ...

Not planting tomatoes before Memorial Day was the best gardening tip I ever received. Staking and pruning tomatoes are key ...

Allow cover crops to grow and establish from late summer into early spring or until termination. It is important to terminate the cover crop at the right time, typically when it is at 50-80% bloom.

David Whitwam with Whitwam Organics joined Good Day to explain the benefits of “cover crops,” including improving the soil and controlling weeds in your garden.

More Midwestern farmers are planting off-season crops that help protect the soil and reduce fertilizer use. The next farm bill could make it easier to adopt this practice.

Injecting manure into growing cover crops can cut pollution, support corn crops Compared to traditional surface application, injecting dairy farm manure into a live cover crop in early spring ...

David Whitwam with Whitwam Organics joined Good Day to explain the benefits of “cover crops,” including improving the soil and controlling weeds in your garden.

Planting dry beans into spring cover crops could be a measure to protect young plants from damaging weather conditions like wind or hail.

If you miss your window to plant cover crops, a good alternative is to cover your garden with fallen leaves to provide cover for the soil.

Cover crops may not be solution for both crop yield, carbon sequestration Date: May 19, 2025 Source: Cornell University Summary: People have assumed climate change solutions that sequester carbon ...

But a new study from Cornell University finds that most regenerative farming practices to build soil organic carbon—such as planting cover crops, leaving stems and leaves on the ground and not ...