CORVALLIS, Ore. – No one wants to think of harvest’s end as the vegetable garden reaches peak, but now’s the time to plant over-winter cover crops to improve your soil for next season.

First and foremost, it’s crucial not to delay. While cover crops offer numerous benefits to a vegetable garden, they can go to seed when left unattended, ultimately creating a massive seedbed ...

Ground covers and cover crops sound similar, but have different roles in your yard and garden. The one thing they do have in common, however, is suppressing weeds. Choosing between them as weed ...

On Saturday, October 4 from 9:30 a.m, to 12:30 p.m., learn how to grow your own compost with soil-building cover crops at a lecture and demonstration workshop. Gardening instructors Orin Martin and ...

People have assumed climate change solutions that sequester carbon from the air into soils will also benefit crop yields. But ...

Growing a cover crop the season before planting potatoes can also add organic matter in the soil. In addition to growing in traditional in-ground garden beds, potatoes can be successfully grown in ...

If you have not planted any cold tolerant fall vegetables (kale, broccoli, spinach and other greens), you should consider seeding your entire garden in a cover crop. Soil health has become a huge ...

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 ...