Cover Crops in the Home Garden
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Published 2020-10-01
Cover Crop Resources:
Midwest Cover Crop Council Selector Tool-- mccc.msu.edu/covercroptool/
SARE cover crop resources-- www.sare.org/resources/cover-crops/
Farmers Almanac, cover crops in the garden-- www.almanac.com/content/planting-cover-crops-garde…
Selecting Cover Crops in the Southeast-- www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_PLANTMATERIALS/publ…
Pacific NW Cover Crop Selection-- www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_PLANTMATERIALS/publ…
Western States Cover Crop Selection-- www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_PLANTMATERIALS/publ…
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All Comments (21)
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You are such an amazing lady that is sharing such awesome information. Cover crops work really well for soil gardeners. Doing straw bales like I do there is no need for cover crops. Thanks for sharing this must know on what and how cover crops work. Stay safe my friend and hope you have a wonderful weekend!
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Finally someone who tells me how to practically use cover crops with real examples. Thank you!
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Your son is just adorable 😊. Warms my heart to see kids helping & learning. My grandsons are grown & busy with life, but when young they were magnificent helpers👍👵🏻👩🌾❣️
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I grow clover year round in all my beds. Vegetables do great. When they need a nitrogen boost, I just trim the clover to release it. And it looks beautiful. The soil seems to love it. Strawberries too.
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As an experiment I planted some field peas in a thick layer (6-8 inches) of decomposing wood chips (6 months old) that are sheet mulching lawn areas as the foundation for my garden beds. I planted relatively shallow (1 inch). They are growing right out of the wood chips. I plan to chop and drop before flowering to help breakdown the wood chips and expedite the composting process.
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Thanks for all the information.
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We have specific Weeds grow in our area. Our soil little bit salinity and those weeds specialised to observe salt from soil(jelly and salty). Good food for camels 🐫 only...so I kept them as cover crop...thanks
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Congratulations on such a fantastic channel. The photography, settings, lighting and color are inspiring. The good, the bad, and oh so ugly is a part of gardening. Thanks for sharing it all. Kudos!
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Great information! I just came across your channel last week and I'm loving it! I'm in NW Ohio so I love that all of your info applies to my gardening☺ This will be my first year really getting into vegetable gardening and I'm trying to get as much information as possible. Thank you!
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thanks Jenna! This is very helpful. I am just doing white clover between my strawberries. Clover is not just cover crop but is also beneficial to strawberries adding nitrogen to the soil 🙂
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Your garden is beautiful! I’ve been researching different cover crops to use, thank you for sharing 😊
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That was the best explanation of everything cover crops that I have heard, quick and to the point and how you use it. I found this by looking for radishes and cover crops. I wondered if it would all decompose by the time I would plant in it and you answered that. Thank you!
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Just started using them this year! Diakon radish, buckwheat, and winter rye!
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This is awesome, thanks for all the information!
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i did lentils and harvested lots of lentils covercrop so far thanks for the ideas
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Great information Jenna, Thank you very much.
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Thanks for the video. You’re garden is beautiful.
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I'm from New Zealand and planted a cover crop early autumn in an over used bed...mustard, garden oats and lupins. This is my first time using a cover crop, excited to reap the benefits 👍😊
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I'm trying a cover crop this year for the first time. I planted the garden mix from True Leaf. It's exciting to see new green growth in the garden at this time of year when normally everything would be brown
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OK, well....I recently planted and terminated my first cover crop - buckwheat. Amazed at how quickly it grew. I am now putting down the second round of buckwheat and amazingly, this round is growing faster and is lusher. I think I am a closet cover crop gardener. I really like stuff that is this easy to plant, grow and deal with. I also planted Sudan grass and it is growing but much slower. It could be because it is not in direct sun. Still, it is getting bigger and doing ok.
