Comfrey plants, an alternative to daikons, can improve gardens with tough, compact soil by breaking up and aerating ...

With cover crops, a vegetable garden doesn’t have to end with the first hard frost — no greenhouse required. Devin Barto plants cover crops on five acres at Fifth Month Farm in Mount Joy.

Crimson clover is an example of a cover crop that adds organic matter, fixes nitrogen, attracts beneficial insects and provides nectar for bees and butterflies. Cover crops potentially reduce the ...

Cover crops that can be planted in fall and their primary advantages. 1. Alfalfa, crimson clover, hairy vetch: Legumes; fix nitrogen in the soil; alfalfa’s deep roots break up the soil. 2.

The most versatile cover crops that can be grown in almost any climate zone are legume varieties of sweet clover, alfalfa, and hairy vetch, and non-legume varieties of rye, kale, and ryegrass.

Cover crops, such as cereal rye and crimson clover, play a critical role in sustainable agriculture by preventing soil erosion, enhancing soil organic matter and improving nutrient cycling.

In November, time is growing short to plant cover crops such as crimson clover, shown a few days after sprouting. Kjerstin Gabrielson/The Oregonian Q: We have about 250 feet of raised beds.

Cover crops include grains like winter oats, cereal rye and a wide range of broadleaf plants. Legumes, such as commonly used crimson clover, Austrian field pea and common vetch, are nitrogen ...

Summerside-based Linkletter Farms planted crimson clover as a cover crop, to hold potato field soil in place over the winter.

Consider that different cover crops dry out soils at different rates; e.g., clover cover crops tend to dry out soil more quickly than rye. Could you benefit from planting green?

Crimson clover is a great option for a cover crop. Courtesy, Wendy VanDyk Evans, Bugwood.org When planning your vegetable garden, be sure to rotate crops and research which families they belong to.

When the Southern Cover Crops Council held its annual conference recently in Baton Rouge, I was fortunate to sit in on panel discussions with farmers and specialty crops (vegetables, fruits, ...