Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. mustard cover crops growing in a home vegetable garden in autumn Soil isn’t meant to be uncovered. While sprawling fields of empty ...

You may have heard the saying, “nature abhors a vacuum.” Although it applies to many situations, farmers and gardeners have a unique understanding. They know that leaving a plot of land open ...

The composition of the mustard plant and its root system suppresses the nematodes, pushing them deeper into the soil and thus eliminating the pest problem. Other types of cover crop are also used to ...

A mustard cover crop blankets a field along San Andreas Road between La Selva Beach and Watsonville that had, until recently, been planted with strawberries. Cover crops have shown great promise in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For an Earth-friendly garden, keep a succession of plants in the soil by planting cover crops. These are plants grown to improve the soil rather than for ...

What are cover crops and why would I want to use them in my home garden? We all know that the foundation of a great garden is healthy, nutrient-rich soil. There are many ways to improve the ...

Have you ever thought of using cover crops to overwinter your garden? Cover crops are plants that are planted to cover the soil for benefits besides that of harvesting. It can be an inexpensive way to ...

Using spring seeded cover crops in sugar beets is a familiar practice for farmers, but many are asking about other ways to use cover crops in their system to accomplish different goals other than ...

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, nuts and ...

One of the tasks you can complete before spring is planting cover crops. February is a perfect time to broadcast some seeds and coat the ground with plants that benefit the soil in the long run. The ...