tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311555579865103288.post7928741150551510866..comments2023-03-25T05:46:16.753-04:00Comments on down home at The Hennery: Forward...Hoe !!!Jen DeHarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13072371557446423116noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311555579865103288.post-6320741236462194822009-01-12T21:59:00.000-05:002009-01-12T21:59:00.000-05:00A cover crop/green manure planting is a temporary ...A cover crop/green manure planting is a temporary planting of a grass or legume that you turn back into the soil after a few weeks adn then plant again. They ahve a lot of uses.. some break up hardpack soil with their roots, some set nitrogen and some are weed chokes. All add bulk and organic matter into the soil.<BR/>You can use clovers, grasses (winter rye, oats etc.. or buckwheat! I will try winter rye first as it doesn't mind the chill too much and then when it warms up.. buckwheat It grows soo fast. You can plant, grow till and plant again in about a month. It is a great one for choking out weeds.<BR/>In between the beds we will lay cardboard, feed bags, old cloth.. just about anything we can find and then bury it all with woodchips in hopes of keeping those weeds down. In the beds I hope to just hoe, hoe, turn, turn and turn to get every new weed seedling.<BR/>I hope to cover it all on the blog as it happens. I am making progress though. Tackled a bunch of the honeysuckle rootballs the other day.Jen DeHarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13072371557446423116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311555579865103288.post-63132908435123244852009-01-12T11:08:00.000-05:002009-01-12T11:08:00.000-05:00Oh boy, I feel your pain. We are trying, for the ...Oh boy, I feel your pain. We are trying, for the second year, to create a garden out of a former goatery. Nice, because fencing that keeps goats in can also keep chickens out. Not nice in that it has gone wild for the past few decades and the weeds are just terrible. Last year was a complete flop. I gave up even trying to beat my way into it by July. This year I am DETERMINED to make it work. What do you mean by "cover crop?"Upper Appalachiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15261466129619914329noreply@blogger.com