White clover serves as the premier living mulch system over any other legume. It is robust, resilient and competitive. It produces nice, green walkways and builds soils. It outcompetes weeds, is easy ...

In this week’s Boots In The Field report, Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie answers several questions from a farmer based in southwest Ontario, Canada, who had participated in Ferrie’s Beyond ...

While farmers plant millions acres of plants like rye and clover to boost soil health and crowd out weeds, a cover crop does the same thing in the smallest home garden. With cover crops, a vegetable ...

Pulling weeds is often on every home gardener's winter to-do lists. However, leaving them in situ can offer surprising ...

berseem clover (Trifolium alexandrinum) grows quickly and is often recommended for home garden use. Plant this cover crop in fall to help fix nitrogen and prevent weeds for renewed soil by the time ...

It’s difficult to overstate the benefits of a cover crop for your garden. In addition to helping replenish the nitrogen in your soil, cover crops also act as habitat for a healthy garden ecosystem and ...

Roughly 25% to 50% of the total commercial nitrogen applied to fields across the state occurs in the fall. Waiting for cooler ...

Cover crops, plants grown to protect and enrich the soil, are known to boost soil health and help store carbon. However, the ...