A large raised garden bed with leeks growing alongside a green manure cover crop to suppress weeds and enrich the soil - La Huertina De Toni/Shutterstock It's common for home gardeners to give their ...

Illinois farmer Brian Corkill uses cover crops on most of his ground. Read about what species he uses ahead of corn and ...

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. If you’re not ...

With milder temperatures and increased rain, fall is a wonderful time for planting and readying next year’s garden. But did you know there are crops you can plant now that will improve the soil for ...

Gardeners bid farewell to summer this week, when autumn officially arrived on Thursday. But the change of seasons does not have to signal the end of the planting season for gardeners not yet ready to ...

With high soil and air temperatures and abundant sunshine, August is a key time to plant. Now that spring plantings have largely been harvested, it's the last chance to plant many herbs, vegetables ...

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- While New Mexico may be known for its delicious wines, many people don't realize the work it takes to grow wine grapes in the state's varied climate regions. A project led by ...

Cover crops play an important role in protecting the soil and water when cash crops like corn or soybean are not actively growing. The National Conservation Service promoted the use of cover crops ...

If you haven’t taken the leap and you’re unsure about whether or not to sow a cover crop, know that it’s worth it. Specifically, when it comes to your bottom line, cover crops save money. They may not ...

Establishing multispecies cover crops into a standing crop of wheat has shown promise in a replicated large-scale trial in ...

LAS CRUCES - While New Mexico may be known for its delicious wines, many people don’t realize the work it takes to grow wine grapes in the state’s varied climate regions. A project led by New Mexico ...