Cover Crop Into Abundance, More Food and Better Soil

Food quality and nutritional levels have been down over the last 20 years. Typical farm soil is devoid of minerals, nutrients, and the biology necessary for healthy crops. There is one thing you can do to start building soils today for more plentiful harvests.

You don't need to buy fertilizer or minerals when you understand this method of restoring ecological balance for your small farm or homestead. When you do this with composting, you boost results. In fact, this method improves your composting as well.

What is this path to abundance? It uses seasonal cover crops to keep the soil covered year-round. You can grow more of what you want with the right between crop cover from grasses to fodder plants. Are you ready for greater abundance?

Start by mowing down long grass or overgrown garden beds at the end of the season. Don't remove any crop residue; simply sow your cover crop in beds with light tillage. Here's an exact plan with examples, https://www.prosperityhomestead.org/what-about-bush-hogging-tall-grass-for-garden-preparation/

When I say "light tillage," I mean 1" to 3" to simply break up previous crop residue and provide soil contact for broadcast cover crops.

Use cover crops for organic gardening, natural farming, or even in your orchard. This fall cover crop includes winter peas, daikon radish, winter wheat, and red clover. Plus, many residual cover crops like harry vetch, rape seed, and mustard greens.

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