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Cover Crops
We are using rotation of several cover crops for soil improvement
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Mar 19, 2016: Large holes aerate the soil after the radish roots have decayed
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Jan 31, 2016: Extracted radish root; 6 in underground
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Jan 31, 2016: Close up of dead radishes
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Jan 31, 2016: Oats and radish after a killing 16F freeze
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Nov 17, 2015: Winter crop mixture (oats, tillage radish) growing,; seeded Sep 4 in 5 rows after cutting down the summer crops and repeated 4 in deep tilling
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Aug 4, 2015: Four weeks of growth of the summer crop mixture, with sunn hemp reaching 5 ft and cowpeas, soybeans, and buckwheat at about 3 ft
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Jul 11, 2015: Summer crop mixture germinating
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Jun 28, 2015: Electric fence added due to significant rabbit damage
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Jun 24, 2015: Five row grooves added due to poor germination yield
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Jun 5, 2015: Bed tilled 4 in deep for the first, unsuccessful, seeding attempt
Mar 19, 2016: Large holes aerate the soil after the radish roots have decayed
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