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 harvest. I prepare the soil for the next year ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Fall is a great time to apply soil amendments to the garden, the lawn and our crop fields. Compost, composted or aged manure, fertilizers and lime can all ...

A quick-growing legume, crimson clover ( Trifolium incarnatum) excels at fixing nitrogen, while its root system helps break ...

Farmers see a variety of benefits when using cover crops in their fields and home gardeners can do the same. “Having living tissue, living plants on the garden the whole year increases soil health, ...

A field planted with cereal rye, one of the most common cover crops in Iowa. Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons ...

MANKATO, Minn. — Implementing no-till farming and other conservation practices can be great for your farm’s soil health and overall environment. But many have concerns when it comes to the cost of ...

For the first time, farmers in California and throughout the West have a decision-support tool that recommends cover-crop ...

To apply for aerial cover crop seeding, choose the seeding mix, gather field maps and submit information to the Ashland County Soil and Water Conservation District by the Aug. 15 deadline. Keep an eye ...

For Charlie and Jeremy Kootz, a father-son team farming near the Kannapolis Reservoir in Ellsworth County, cover crops are more than conservation. For them, it’s about building healthier soils, ...

For more than a decade, University of Idaho Extension Educator Steven Hines sought an answer for Magic Valley farmers in need of a short-season crop to plant after harvesting corn silage for ...

DEERFIELD, Wis. -- Wisconsinites can be split on whether or not they prefer a snowy winter, and it turns out so can certain plants - crops and lawns. Kevin Shelley's field of winter wheat at Liberty ...