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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Minnesota crop artists may have reason to give thanks this week. They may owe that thanks to a century-old nonprofit that safeguards this state's crops — including the crops we glue together and ...

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 ...

Cover crops play an important role in protecting the soil and water when cash crops like corn or soybean are not actively growing. The National Conservation Service promoted the use of cover crops ...

“Cover crops on hillsides prevent erosion, which, in return, protects our river and watershed.” “On top of that, in vineyards all over the valley, cover crops add nutrients back into the soil, ...

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 ...