Cover Crops For Backyard Garden. Instead of letting your garden sit dormant, now is. Legume plants have symbiotic relationships with soil bacteria, allowing the plant to fix nitrogen previously inaccessible.
Plant half or one-third of a garden space with cover crops in the spring A good cover crop will be hearty, have an extensive root system and require little water. Pulling your cover crops will also allow you to plant your garden right away. The practice of growing specific crops just for fertilizing and building the soil dates back to the Roman Empire.
The use of cover crops (green manure) is an excellent management practice for the home vegetable gardener.
Turning in cover crops can be a lot of work, so be prepared for a fight.
In the area you plan to grow early spring vegetables, using oats as a cover crop is ideal. All with a planting that takes mere minutes! Grasses and other non-legumes include annual rye grass, oats, buckwheat, and Brassica.
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