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2020 Victory Gardens
bjrogg:
Finished the tillage and spreading seed for cover crops. Not sure if it will show up, but took a picture of the rye cover crop greening up. This is a cover that will grow at 32 degrees Fahrenheit or above. It will grow under the snow. It is good at scavenging nutrients and saving them from erosion and leaching. It’s roots and vegetation provide organic matter and the animals love it to. We will kill it off about a week before we plant beans next June. It will be a foot or two tall by then.
In our sugar beets we will plant directly into it and kill it off about a month after we plant the beets. It will protect them from the wind.
I am big on cover crops and modern farming practices make them dry practical to use.
Bjrogg
WhistlingBadger:
I've never really tried cover crops because our season is so short here, but I like the idea. How do you kill them off without killing the beets?
bjrogg:
--- Quote from: WhistlingBadger on November 28, 2020, 12:34:31 pm ---I've never really tried cover crops because our season is so short here, but I like the idea. How do you kill them off without killing the beets?
--- End quote ---
That is the main reason modern farming and science has made it practical. We have tried to use these cover crop in the past. They were difficult to manage. Modern farming has taken a lot of that out. They still take a lot of management but now we have more tools in our box.
Eric Krewson:
I finally got some pickers in my greens patch, so many of my friends love greens but just won't come pick them.
I got a new hip a month ago and just tried greens picking this week, I could do it. I have an 87 year old friend who is a shut in for the most part. I picked a huge bag of greens to take to him, he loves them so much he will eat them three meals a day and started washing and cooking them as soon as I delivered the bag to him.
DC:
What are "greens"? I thought it was a generic term for any leafy veg but now I'm doubting that.
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