Legume cover crops include varieties of clover, vetch, and peas. Non-legume cover crops consist of cereal plants like rye, wheat, oats, barley, and various grasses. A good combination of both will ...

If you're looking for a cover crop that can withstand even the harshest winters, winter rye is your go-to ... hard at work improving my soil! Hairy vetch might have an unusual name, but it's ...

A friend from church asked me, “Is there any cover crop to plant in the spring?” Traditionally, most home gardeners only plant cover crops in the fall. Spring plantings of cover crops will help ...

The risk of this is exceptionally high with grassy cover crops — such as winter rye, annual rye, wheat, barley and oats — as these ... which include hairy vetch, various clovers and other ...