Cover Cropping: The LAZIEST Way to Improve Your Soil
Cover crop mix I used: https://bit.ly/3DCvP9o I am a HUGE fan of practical, efficient gardening practices, and cover cropping is an under-utilized one for the home gardener. It’s a fantastic way to prevent erosion, build nutrients, loosen soil, provide habitat, and more. Best of all, it’s DEAD SIMPLE.
0:00 – Intro
0:38 – Benefits of Cover Cropping
2:50 – Cover Crop Varieties
4:08 – Sowing Cover Crops
5:01 – Killing Cover Crops
6:42 – Tilling and Outro
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Bonus info! You can (and should) cover crop your raised beds if you're done for the season vs. leaving the soil bare. I bought a 50lb bag from True Leaf Market: https://bit.ly/3DCvP9o – Also, we are FINALLY back in stock on almost all models of Birdies beds and do not expect to be out of stock ever again: https://shop.epicgardening.com/
No till for the win!
I never knew they sell mixed bags of cover crops. That's pretty cool.
What about cover crops in shady or part shade areas under trees? Major soil erosion, it's sandy and dry…hoping to replenish a bit but unsure what might even grow there , zone 7
Hi I am in zone 8a I will like to plant a Issai kiwi ! What do you recommend to improve my soil and care of this plant ? Thanks
I live in Los Angeles and Oxalis pes-caprae covers my property from October through March. It will choke out any low growing shrubs, but is it beneficial as a cover crop? Chop and drop OR just let it die back on its own? Any other thoughts on using your weeds?
If I have a no till garden then I guess I'd have to pull the cover crop out instead of tilling it in. I don't want to destroy the organisms by tilling the soil. Yes/no?
Tilling kills fungus layer
If I still have a place and a garden come next winter i'll try these but how will beans survive freezing temps? It still gets nasty cold in the south