Comments on: Cover crops in the veggie garden http://remarc.com/craig/?p=261 Gardening, politics & more Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:22:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve http://remarc.com/craig/?p=261#comment-779603 Steve Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:49:53 +0000 http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=261#comment-779603 I live in Southern Indiana, planted winter rye as a cover crop for my vegetable garden the first week of December. It is New Year's Eve tomorrow and I have not seen anything poke above the ground. Should I wait or reseed when it warms back up? I live in Southern Indiana, planted winter rye as a cover crop for my vegetable garden the first week of December. It is New Year’s Eve tomorrow and I have not seen anything poke above the ground. Should I wait or reseed when it warms back up?

]]> By: Dan http://remarc.com/craig/?p=261#comment-742655 Dan Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:00:09 +0000 http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=261#comment-742655 Agree with your comments about winter rye. I've planted it as late as Thanksgiving (Indiana). It produces a lot of biomass. I have to turn it over in Feb. to get it to decompose in time for spring planting. The worms under a cover crop of winter rye are amazingly huge! Agree with your comments about winter rye. I’ve planted it as late as Thanksgiving (Indiana). It produces a lot of biomass. I have to turn it over in Feb. to get it to decompose in time for spring planting. The worms under a cover crop of winter rye are amazingly huge!

]]> By: Craig http://remarc.com/craig/?p=261#comment-704096 Craig Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:14:21 +0000 http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=261#comment-704096 Arjun: You're around State College? Rye and vetch was a favorite of field crop farmers through a vast swath of the Corn Belt and into Pa. If you can let it go in spring, it's spectacular, with the vetch climbing up the rye. Rye can be tough to kill, but I use it a lot. I just make sure that I turn it under a few weeks before I want to plant and hit it with a hoe a few times before I plant, and rake out any clumps that survive into a little mini-compost pile at the end of the bed. That said, this year I'm using oats and peas on a lot of beds. It's produced a lot of biomass already and should winterkill, leaving me pretty clean beds in the spring to plant into. Arjun:

You’re around State College?

Rye and vetch was a favorite of field crop farmers through a vast swath of the Corn Belt and into Pa. If you can let it go in spring, it’s spectacular, with the vetch climbing up the rye. Rye can be tough to kill, but I use it a lot. I just make sure that I turn it under a few weeks before I want to plant and hit it with a hoe a few times before I plant, and rake out any clumps that survive into a little mini-compost pile at the end of the bed.

That said, this year I’m using oats and peas on a lot of beds. It’s produced a lot of biomass already and should winterkill, leaving me pretty clean beds in the spring to plant into.

]]> By: Arjun http://remarc.com/craig/?p=261#comment-703865 Arjun Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:55:02 +0000 http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=261#comment-703865 I don't use synthetic soil; I am considering intercropping rye and hairy vetch for a winter annual cover crop. Thoughts? I don’t use synthetic soil; I am considering intercropping rye and hairy vetch for a winter annual cover crop. Thoughts?

]]> By: Ellis Hollow » 2007 Year in Review http://remarc.com/craig/?p=261#comment-118709 Ellis Hollow » 2007 Year in Review Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:12:04 +0000 http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=261#comment-118709 [...] brought Colchicum autumnale ‘Alboplenum’ and Eupatorium purpureum ‘Joe White’. Cover crops blanketed the veggie garden. The Dalai Lama visited Ithaca. Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize. [...] [...] brought Colchicum autumnale ‘Alboplenum’ and Eupatorium purpureum ‘Joe White’. Cover crops blanketed the veggie garden. The Dalai Lama visited Ithaca. Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize. [...]

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