The agricultural term for ending a cover crop is “terminating a crop.” A few days ago, I terminated my buckwheat cover crop by cutting it down. I was a little late. The ideal time to terminate a ...

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

These step-by-step instructions will help you feed your soil and beat weeds naturally. Sergiy Akhundov / Getty Images I greet every gardening season with bushels of ambition. But when summer’s weeds ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For an Earth-friendly garden, keep a succession of plants in the soil by planting cover crops. These are plants grown to improve the soil rather than for ...

For those in the know, Bouchard Family Farms is the place to go when you need Tartary flour for making French-Canadian pancakes and crepes or Japanese soba noodles. For 30-plus years, the family farm, ...

Maybe after you finish your vegetable harvest, you mentally say, “I’m done this year,” and wait to start again next year. But a cover crop could benefit you in several ways. By researching now, you ...

PLYMOUTH NOTCH — Buckwheat used to be called the “lazy farmer’s crop.” It would grow anywhere, the soil didn’t have to be that fertile, and farmers could plant it in June and still harvest a good crop ...

What are cover crops and why would I want to use them in my home garden? We all know that the foundation of a great garden is healthy, nutrient-rich soil. There are many ways to improve the ...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service are collaborating on a series of cover crop fact sheets for Iowa ...