URBANA — Healthy soil is essential for healthy plants. Using cover crops in the home garden is one way to promote soil health. Cover crops are non-harvested crops that add organic matter to the soil, ...

Before you put your garden to bed, consider giving it a winter blanket—aka, a cover crop. Sowed in the fall, these cold-hardy plants work hard to improve soil throughout winter by decreasing ...

In the fall, you might be tempted to remove the dead plant material, till your garden soil a bit, and put your garden to bed for the winter without another thought. However, you can also grow cover ...

Your cotton fields might benefit from several kinds of winter cover crops which can control erosion, manage nutrients, and improve soil health, including a crimson clover cover crop or even a vetch ...

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When is the best time to plant a cover crop in my garden, and what should I plant? Will it help a small garden? — Henry, Racine. Cover crops are a great way to improve the soil. They protect soil from ...

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Southern region producers should consider growing cover crops as part of a sustainable agriculture system, said Henry English, director of the Small Farm Program at the University of Arkansas at Pine ...

Every fall after the growing season is over, I continue my soil-building regime by planting a winter cover crop. You’ll sometimes hear cover crops used in this type of application referred to as a ...

Southern region producers should consider growing cover crops as part of a sustainable agriculture system, said Henry English, director of the Small Farm Program at the University of Arkansas at Pine ...

2021 Illinois crop production summaries announced There are two types of cover crops to consider, warm-season and cool-season. Warm-season cover crops are planted in spring or summer before the garden ...