A friend from church asked me, “Is there any cover crop to plant in the spring?” Traditionally, most home gardeners only plant cover crops in the fall. Spring plantings of cover crops will help ...

These include crops such as barley, oat, wheat, rye, canola, mustard species, buckwheat, red clover, white clover, sweetclover, hairy vetch, creeping red fescue ... Crops with allelopathic properties ...

When it comes to forage and cover crops, winter rye offers rock-star versatility ... partner to seed together with legumes like hairy vetch and/or clovers. It will initially grow faster than ...

The timing of termination depends on the type of cover crop and your specific garden goals. For instance, winter rye and hairy vetch can be terminated in early spring before new plants emerge ...

The risk of this is exceptionally high with grassy cover crops — such as winter rye, annual rye ... fixers specifically — which include hairy vetch, various clovers and other legumes ...

Soil building is about growing a farm under your farm and bringing it to life. It’s about making the Earth better and giving ...

Cover crops help avoid soil erosion and runoff. Gov. JB Pritzker is proposing a 31% funding cut to a program that helps ...