If you are not planning on doing a fall garden, sowing cover crop seeds is an excellent way to add nutrients to your spring garden beds in the fall and winter.You can use seeds for plants such as annual rye grass, which will keep your soil nice and aerated; and red clover, which will help to replace the nitrogen in your soil that had been depleted by the crops you had in garden beds during the previous spring and summer season.Cover crops will grow all winter long with very little or no care.Prior to plantingearly spring crops, till all of the cover crop into the garden beds. Do this about a month before you plan to start your seedlings. This will inject the beds with nice, rich, green, composted organic matter and give it enough time to break down so your little early spring crop babies can use it.
What is the point of using a cover crop in your garden during the fall and the winter?
September 18th, 2011When is the best season to plant?
September 18th, 2011The fall is the best time to plant. More than just cold weather crops can be planted this time of year. If someone were planning on planting some berry bushes or fruit trees, fall would be the time to do it. We usually get a lot of nice rain in the winter, and with the cooler temperatures in the fall, it helps tremendously with the watering of freshly transplanted shrubs and trees. You might want to go ahead and put in your berry bushes, such as blueberries and raspberries, as well as any fruit trees like apples, pears, plums, and peaches. The fall is an excellent time to get them in the ground. Keep in mind that the plant is about to go into a dormant state. The root structure will still grow all winter long, giving you a nice head start in the spring.
