The use of cover crops is growing in popularity with home gardeners. Cover crops enrich the soil in ways you wouldn't believe! ⚠️ Cover Crops should be planted all throughout your garden after you are done harvesting your garden. A cover crop is a crop planted primarily to manage soil fertility, soil quality, soil erosion, water, weeds, pests, diseases, biodiversity and wildlife in an agroecosystem. The use of cover crops is growing in popularity with home gardeners. They should be planted all throughout your garden after your vegetables are gone. Cover crops are of interest in sustainable agriculture as many of them improve the sustainability of agroecosystem attributes and may also indirectly improve qualities of neighboring natural ecosystems.

📆 Cover crops should be planted around late September or early October so they have a chance to get established before the weather becomes very cold. Learn more ... What Are Cover Crops and How To Use Them in Your Garden