What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

Here too

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[Minanora]

I did it! Finished tilling, cleaned the tiller, raked out all the dirt, spread seed and got totally drenched by rain at the very end. Now the cover crop is getting watered in.

Of course I didn't take before photos.

 

[Minanora]

My hope is that the fast germinating clover seed will out compete the weeds that come up in the springtime.

 

[Sally PB]

My hope is that the fast germinating clover seed will out compete the weeds that come up in the springtime.

Here's another cover crop to try, if you think this will work for you.

Plant buckwheat. It sprouts quickly, and it shades out other plants (weeds), so that they don't get a good start. Let the buckwheat grow for a few weeks; let it flower if you want to feed the bees. Cut it down and either let it sit, or rake it away. If it's tall enough, the stems are long enough to wrap around the tines of a tiller, making it difficult to till in.

I did 2 courses of that one year, about 6-7 weeks each. Obviously, there wasn't enough time in a Michigan summer to grow anything, though I might have gotten some peas or kale or chard to produce.

There were almost NO weeds in that area the next spring.

Buckwheat does not fix nitrogen, and it will die completely with a frost.

 

[Jenbirdee]

i added more compost stuff to the heap. mostly coffee grounds and banana peels

 

[Molpet]

Here's another cover crop to try, if you think this will work for you.

Plant buckwheat. It sprouts quickly, and it shades out other plants (weeds), so that they don't get a good start. Let the buckwheat grow for a few weeks; let it flower if you want to feed the bees. Cut it down and either let it sit, or rake it away. If it's tall enough, the stems are long enough to wrap around the tines of a tiller, making it difficult to till in.

I did 2 courses of that one year, about 6-7 weeks each. Obviously, there wasn't enough time in a Michigan summer to grow anything, though I might have gotten some peas or kale or chard to produce.

There were almost NO weeds in that area the next spring.

Buckwheat does not fix nitrogen, and it will die completely with a frost.

I have heard of people plant buckwheat that dies before flowering because of frost and plant right in without tilling or raking... using it as a mulch

 

[chickengr]

Here's another cover crop to try, if you think this will work for you.

Plant buckwheat. It sprouts quickly, and it shades out other plants (weeds), so that they don't get a good start. Let the buckwheat grow for a few weeks; let it flower if you want to feed the bees. Cut it down and either let it sit, or rake it away. If it's tall enough, the stems are long enough to wrap around the tines of a tiller, making it difficult to till in.

I did 2 courses of that one year, about 6-7 weeks each. Obviously, there wasn't enough time in a Michigan summer to grow anything, though I might have gotten some peas or kale or chard to produce.

There were almost NO weeds in that area the next spring.

Buckwheat does not fix nitrogen, and it will die completely with a frost.

I would grow buckwheat for food if it was suitable for my climate.

 

[WthrLady]

We use cereal rye here for the same purpose. The roots are so dense it chokes out the weeds, and when disc'ed under in the spring, makes a great start for the corn.

 

[chickengr]

6 am here and finally little rain! not much but better then nothing. forecast says next 2-3 days light rain so probably I'll be able to sow peas, turnips and spinach around the end of this week. before that I'll put a new spigot and redirect the irrigation system to free the line I use for watering the other part of the property where I have waterfowl as well.

 

[jerryse]

My shoulder has been bothering me for about 6 weeks. Got a Ortho DR appointment Thursday afternoon. Caught 2 more mice yesterday. Thinning them out. Saw a deer outback early morning. I have been catching squirrels that raid the bird seed. Lunch.