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The New Self-Sufficient Gardener
This revised edition of an old favorite, first published in 1978, explains how to cultivate and preserve all types of fruit, herbs, and vegetables, in addition to instructions on keeping bees and raising chickens. AUTHOR BIO: John Seymour authored over 40 books, including the DK’s best-selling Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency and The Forgotten Arts &…;
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This revised edition of an old favorite, first published in 1978, explains how to cultivate and preserve all types of fruit, herbs, and vegetables, in addition to instructions on keeping bees and raising chickens. AUTHOR BIO: John Seymour authored over 40 books, including the DK’s best-selling Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency and The Forgotten Arts & Crafts. He died in the fall of 2004 at the age of 90.Used Book in Good Condition
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10 Effective Tips to Start Your Own Permaculture Garden | Amazing Earth
10 Effective Tips to Start Your Own Permaculture Garden | Amazing Earth1. Know your garden
Analyze the space you which to build your garden, things from the amount of light each area receives during the year to how much rainfall. What you learn from your analysis will help you make informed decisions about what to do next! The key is to learn each component from your garden and figure out how to take out the most out of everything.
2. Plan big, start small
Starting a permaculture garden is a big task, but that shouldn’t put you off. It’s much recommended to create an overall or ideal design first and then implement small goals to reach it. Doing this will let you see the progress you’re making and how much is missing until you have reached your goal. After that keep on expanding and creating new ideas, there’s always room for improvement.
3. Separate into zones
Order is always welcome when creating beautiful gardens. For this reason, separating your garden into zones is highly recommended to put everything where needs to be put. Design from patterns to details, this will help you maximize your resources more efficiently. Don’t forget to put the most used or caring zones closer to increase productivity too!
4. Diversity is good
There are many different types of plants that grow in nature, apply this same diversity to your garden. Don’t throw seeds from as many different plants, look for the ones that grow naturally in the area you live. Further research on what can or can’t grow in your area will help you know what to plant on your garden. Learn your weeds, you might be able to eat them too!
5. Use the no dig gardening method
Due to limited land available for growing crops, humanity faces problems to keep up with the demand for food. Fortunately, there are many ways to grow crops, plants and more without the use of soil or large fields. Think vertically or more creatively to expand your garden in ways never thought before!
6. Plant stacking
When building your garden, look for ways to make the best use of your space. In nature, everything grows abundantly in little spaces and shares its surroundings with other plants. A plant stacking approach will help achieve this and will also mean less work for you!
7. Natural predators
Learning which predators are attracted to your plant’s garden will help you plan ahead on how to control them. For example, the best way to deal with a slug problem is by adding frogs which are attracted by water. For places where predators can’t or are not welcome, you might need to think in other ways like smells or covers.
8. Use organic compost
We recommend the no dig gardening approach but if you want to use your soil, remember that it needs care too. Before planting anything, it is ideal to dig your soil once and add some compost to increase nutrient levels. It may be a good idea to use your own compost which you can create by using worms and your organic trash. This way you will actually reuse your trash while maintaining your soil high in nutrients!
9. Always plan ahead
When starting your permaculture garden one might get lost as to where they should start. It doesn’t really matter, as long as you made a design plan before starting. The point is to keep optimizing your zones to achieve the best results based on the goals you wish to achieve!
10. Harvest rainwater
Last but not least, another resource you can take advantage of without creating more trash is water. You can create a simple system to capture water when raining and then use this water for your garden. Who knows, maybe you could actually start using this water for many other things in your home! If the place where you live has very few rainy days, another way is to take advantage of humidity from around. This way, through condensation, you could obtain some amount of water from the air and then use it for gardening!
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The New Cider Maker’s Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for Craft Producers
All around the world, the public’s taste for fermented cider has been growing more rapidly than at any time in the past 150 years. And with the growing interest in locally grown and artisanal foods, many new cideries are springing up all over North America, often started up by passionate amateurs who want to take their…;
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All around the world, the public’s taste for fermented cider has been growing more rapidly than at any time in the past 150 years. And with the growing interest in locally grown and artisanal foods, many new cideries are springing up all over North America, often started up by passionate amateurs who want to take their cider to the next level as small-scale craft producers.
To make the very best cider―whether for yourself, your family, and friends or for market―you first need a deep understanding of the processes involved, and the art and science behind them. Fortunately, The New Cider Maker’s Handbook is here to help. Author Claude Jolicoeur is an internationally known, award-winning cider maker with an inquiring, scientific mind. His book combines the best of traditional knowledge and techniques with up-to-date, scientifically based practices to provide today’s cider makers with all the tools they need to produce high-quality ciders.
The New Cider Maker’s Handbook is divided into five parts containing:
- An accessible overview of the cider making process for beginners;
- Recommendations for selecting and growing cider-appropriate apples;
- Information on juice-extraction equipment and directions on how to build your own grater mill and cider press;
- A discussion of the most important components of apple juice and how these may influence the quality of the cider;
- An examination of the fermentation process and a description of methods used to produce either dry or naturally sweet cider, still or sparkling cider, and even ice cider.
This book will appeal to both serious amateurs and professional cider makers who want to increase their knowledge, as well as to orchardists who want to grow cider apples for local or regional producers. Novices will appreciate the overview of the cider-making process, and, as they develop skills and confidence, the more in-depth technical information will serve as an invaluable reference that will be consulted again and again. This book is sure to become the definitive modern work on cider making.
A mechanical engineer by profession, Claude Jolicoeur first developed his passion for apples and cider after acquiring a piece of land on which there were four rows of old abandoned apple trees. He started making cider in 1988 using a “no-compromise” approach, stubbornly searching for the highest possible quality. Since then, his ciders have earned many awards and medals at competitions, including a Best of Show at the prestigious Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition (GLINTCAP).
Claude actively participates in discussions on forums like the Cider Digest, and is regularly invited as a guest speaker to events such as the annual Cider Days festival in western Massachusetts. He lives in Quebec City.
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Create Your Own Florida Food Forest
If you’ve been fighting with your Florida garden, you’re doing it wrong! Florida wants to be covered in forest, not grass and annuals. Picture yourself strolling through a lush and tame jungle loaded with sweet fruit, vegetables, roots, medicinal herbs, flowers and darting butterflies. Now imagine that Eden is your very own Florida yard -…;
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If you’ve been fighting with your Florida garden, you’re doing it wrong! Florida wants to be covered in forest, not grass and annuals. Picture yourself strolling through a lush and tame jungle loaded with sweet fruit, vegetables, roots, medicinal herbs, flowers and darting butterflies. Now imagine that Eden is your very own Florida yard – it can be if you plant a food forest! By creating an edible forest garden, you’ll be working with nature instead of against her. No matter where you live in the state, you can transform a patch of grass or woods into a magical edible Eden in just a few years. Discover the permaculture breakthrough that may one day feed the world. Build soil, get plants for free and grow more food with less work! Learn how in this booklet by expert Florida gardener David The Good.
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Tour of our permaculture kitchen garden
Welcome to our permaculture kitchen garden in the Netherlands where we grow lots of vegetables in raised beds without digging.
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Permaculture Fruit Forest of Incredible Abundance in Ireland! (Part 1)
Fig, Apple, Peach, Plum, Cherry, Pear, Nectarine. Grape, Jostaberry, Redcurrant, Rhubarb, Blackcurrant, Blueberry, Raspberry, Rubus, Blackberry…all growing together in the west of Ireland!
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One Permaculture farm where swales are banned
We’ve never been into massive disturbances on landscapes. Interestingly, I’ve had to spend a lot of consulting time convincing folks not to implement unnecessary strategies in the last few years. Swales are one of those things: totally inappropriate in our climate.
They may have some use in forestry systems in the humid tropics, summer dominant rainfall areas or arid drylands (above ground storage of water in dams is less effective due to evaporation). We cannot look for standardized solutions to complex problems. Period. If we approach landscapes and ecosystems with humility we’re likely to find lower risk, lower cost strategies for regeneration…
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The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Pacific Northwest (Regional Vegetable Gardening Series)
There is nothing more regionally specific than vegetable gardening. What to plant, when to plant it, and when to harvest are unique decisions based on climate, weather, and first and last frost.The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening: Pacific Northwest is a growing guide that truly understands the unique eccentricities of the Northwest growing calendar,…;
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Used Book in Good ConditionThere is nothing more regionally specific than vegetable gardening. What to plant, when to plant it, and when to harvest are unique decisions based on climate, weather, and first and last frost.
The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening: Pacific Northwest is a growing guide that truly understands the unique eccentricities of the Northwest growing calendar, covering Oregon, Washington, southeastern Alaska, and British Columbia. The month-by-month format makes it perfect for beginners and accessible to everyone—you can start gardening the month you pick it up. Starting in January? The guide will show you how to make a seed order, plan crop rotations and succession plantings, and plant a crop of microgreens. No time to start until July? You can start planting beets, carrots, chard, kale, parsnips, and spinach for an early fall harvest.
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Plants You Can’t Kill: 101 Easy-to-Grow Species for Beginning Gardeners
“I kill everything I plant.”Does this sound like you or someone you know? Give yourself a pat on the back because admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. And lucky for you, you can easily turn your brown thumb into a green one with the help of Plants You Can’t Kill.Seriouslyit…;
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“I kill everything I plant.”
Does this sound like you or someone you know? Give yourself a pat on the back because admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. And lucky for you, you can easily turn your brown thumb into a green one with the help of Plants You Can’t Kill.
Seriouslyit doesn’t matter how many plants you’ve killed in gardens past. It’s time to put those experiences behind you and finally grow something in your empty and bare spots. This is the only gardening book you’ll ever need with more than 100 plant picks for every situation. You want veggies? We have ’em. You need to fill a big space? We have shrub ideas for you. You just want something pretty? We have plenty of that, as well.
The plants in Plants You Can’t Kill have been vetted by an amazing and famous panel of horticulture experts (this is just a fancy way of saying they went to college for gardening), so feel confident you’re not wasting money on yet another gardening book. These plants will actually survive your well-meaning, yet sometimes neglectful ways.
Ready for the most resilient, hardcore, badass list of plants known to gardeners? Find them and grow them with the help of Plants You Can’t Kill.Plants You Can t Kill 101 Easy To Grow Species for Beginning Gardeners
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The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast (Regional Vegetable Gardening Series)
Growing vegetables requires regionally specific information—what to plant, when to plant it, and when to harvest are based on climate, weather, and first frost. The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast tackles this need head on, with regionally specific growing information written by local gardening expert, Ira Wallace. This region includes Alabama, Arkansas,…;
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Growing vegetables requires regionally specific information—what to plant, when to plant it, and when to harvest are based on climate, weather, and first frost. The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast tackles this need head on, with regionally specific growing information written by local gardening expert, Ira Wallace. This region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Monthly planting guides show exactly what you can do in the garden from January through December. The skill sets go beyond the basics with tutorials on seed saving, worm bins, and more.
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Small-Scale Grain Raising: An Organic Guide to Growing, Processing, and Using Nutritious Whole Grains for Home Gardeners and Local Farmers, 2nd Edition
First published in 1977, this book—from one of America’s most famous and prolific agricultural writers—became an almost instant classic among homestead gardeners and small farmers. Now fully updated and available once more, Small-Scale Grain Raising offers a entirely new generation of readers the best introduction to a wide range of both common and lesser-known specialty…;
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First published in 1977, this book—from one of America’s most famous and prolific agricultural writers—became an almost instant classic among homestead gardeners and small farmers. Now fully updated and available once more, Small-Scale Grain Raising offers a entirely new generation of readers the best introduction to a wide range of both common and lesser-known specialty grains and related field crops, from corn, wheat, and rye to buckwheat, millet, rice, spelt, flax, and even beans and sunflowers.
More and more Americans are seeking out locally grown foods, yet one of the real stumbling blocks to their efforts has been finding local sources for grains, which are grown mainly on large, distant corporate farms. At the same time, commodity prices for grains—and the products made from them—have skyrocketed due to rising energy costs and increased demand. In this book, Gene Logsdon proves that anyone who has access to a large garden or small farm can (and should) think outside the agribusiness box and learn to grow healthy whole grains or beans—the base of our culinary food pyramid—alongside their fruits and vegetables.
Starting from the simple but revolutionary concept of the garden “pancake patch,” Logsdon opens up our eyes to a whole world of plants that we wrongly assume only the agricultural “big boys” can grow. He succinctly covers all the basics, from planting and dealing with pests, weeds, and diseases to harvesting, processing, storing, and using whole grains. There are even a few recipes sprinkled throughout, along with more than a little wit and wisdom.
Never has there been a better time, or a more receptive audience, for this book. Localvores, serious home gardeners, CSA farmers, and whole-foods advocates—in fact, all people who value fresh, high-quality foods—will find a field full of information and ideas in this once and future classic.
Small scale Grain Raising
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Edible Forest Gardens, Volume I: Ecological Vision, Theory for Temperate Climate Permaculture
Edible Forest Gardens is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest garden and explains the basic ecological principles that make it work. In Volume II, Dave…;
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Edible Forest Gardens is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest garden and explains the basic ecological principles that make it work. In Volume II, Dave Jacke and Eric Toensmeier move on to practical considerations: concrete ways to design, establish, and maintain your own forest garden. Along the way they present case studies and examples, as well as tables, illustrations, and a uniquely valuable “plant matrix” that lists hundreds of the best edible and useful species.
Taken together, the two volumes of Edible Forest Gardens offer an advanced course in ecological gardening–one that will forever change the way you look at plants and your environment.
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Hydroponics: The Definitive Beginner’s Guide to Quickly Start Growing Vegetables, Fruits, & Herbs for Self-Sufficiency! (Gardening, Organic Gardening, Homesteading, Horticulture, Aquaculture)
Stop relying on supermarkets! Learn how to grow your own vegetables, fruits & herbs today and become self-sufficient! Special Invitation To Get FREE Ebooks Inside!! Expanded & Updated 2nd Edition! 3/26/16 Are you tired of spending countless dollars going to the supermarket to buy produce? Have you ever thought how nice it would be if…;
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Stop relying on supermarkets! Learn how to grow your own vegetables, fruits & herbs today and become self-sufficient! Special Invitation To Get FREE Ebooks Inside!! Expanded & Updated 2nd Edition! 3/26/16 Are you tired of spending countless dollars going to the supermarket to buy produce? Have you ever thought how nice it would be if you could just walk a few steps and grab a couple FRESH JUICY tomatoes for your salad? Maybe you have even encountered the problem where you were at the supermarket and the only apples left were starting to rot? Or maybe you just have a genuine interest in gardening but don’t know where to start! Look no further and get your copy of “Hydroponics: The Definitive Beginner’s Guide to Quickly Start Growing Vegetables, Fruits, & Herbs for Self-Sufficiency!” This book will guide you step by step on how you can start living a self-sufficient life by growing your own produce! Perhaps you are tired of the common problems with traditional soil gardening. With today’s ever growing and evolving technology, growing fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs have never been easier! Not to mention, the cost is very affordable! Organically grown pesticide free produce is basically mandatory at this point and what better way to guarantee that other than by growing it yourself? Best of all, if you don’t think this book is helpful, it’s okay because there is a 7 day money back guarantee! Here are a few other things you will learn:
- Hydroponics vs. Soil Gardening
- The types of hydroponic systems
- How to get started growing fruits, vegetables & herbs
- How to maintain your garden and system
- How to identify the different coatings on your produce
- How to maintain the integrity of your plants
- And so much more!
Order Your Copy of Hydroponics: The Definitive Beginner’s Guide to Quickly Start Growing Vegetables, Fruits, & Herbs for Self-Sufficiency! right away! Just scroll up, hit the buy button, and get started now!
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Secret Greenhouse of Survival: How to Build the Ultimate Homestead & Prepper Greenhouse (Secret Garden of Survival) (Volume 2)
This is the ultimate sustainable homestead and prepper greenhouse, but purposely doesn’t look like it. Imagine a greenhouse that heats your home in the winter; and heats your water; that grows five times more food per sq. ft. than a hoop house; that provides food for you and your family all year long; where your…;
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This is the ultimate sustainable homestead and prepper greenhouse, but purposely doesn’t look like it. Imagine a greenhouse that heats your home in the winter; and heats your water; that grows five times more food per sq. ft. than a hoop house; that provides food for you and your family all year long; where your food grows in 3 dimensions; where you never have to use fertilizer; where you never have to use pesticide, and where you can grow exotic foods (i.e. citrus or coffee trees in New England); that allows you to start seedlings in the spring; that hides your solar electric system; and that can house your small animals or incubate chickens and ducks. All disguised to look like a porch on your home, so that desperate and hungry passersby would have no idea that you have food growing there. This greenhouse does all that. This book is a simple, straight-forward, step by step approach to creating your own Secret Greenhouse of Survival, and it’s easy and cheap to build! Written by Rick Austin, the Survivalist Gardener, the author of the #1 Best Selling book in Garden Design- The Secret Garden of Survival- How to Grow a Camouflaged Food Forest.
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Chicken and Egg: A Memoir of Suburban Homesteading with 125 Recipes
Chicken coops have never been so chic! From organic gardens in parking lots to rooftop beekeeping, the appeal of urban homesteading is widespread. Chicken and Egg tells the story of veteran food writer Janice Cole, who, like so many other urbanites, took up the revolutionary hobby of raising chickens at home. From picking out the…;
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Chicken coops have never been so chic! From organic gardens in parking lots to rooftop beekeeping, the appeal of urban homesteading is widespread. Chicken and Egg tells the story of veteran food writer Janice Cole, who, like so many other urbanites, took up the revolutionary hobby of raising chickens at home. From picking out the perfect coop to producing the miracle of the first egg, Cole shares her now-expert insights into the trials, triumphs, and bonds that result when human and hen live in close quarters. With 125 recipes for delicious chicken and egg dishes, poultry lovers, backyard farmers, and those contemplating taking the leap will adore this captivating illustrated memoir!
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The Woodland Homestead: How to Make Your Land More Productive and Live More Self-Sufficiently in the Woods
Put your wooded land to work! This comprehensive manual shows you how to use your woodlands to produce everything from wine and mushrooms to firewood and livestock feed. You’ll learn how to take stock of your woods; use axes, bow saws, chainsaws, and other key tools; create pasture and silvopasture for livestock; prune and coppice…;
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Put your wooded land to work! This comprehensive manual shows you how to use your woodlands to produce everything from wine and mushrooms to firewood and livestock feed. You’ll learn how to take stock of your woods; use axes, bow saws, chainsaws, and other key tools; create pasture and silvopasture for livestock; prune and coppice trees to make fuel, fodder, and furniture; build living fencing and shelters for animals; grow fruit trees and berries in a woodland orchard; make syrup from birch, walnut, or boxelder trees; and much more. Whether your property is entirely or only partly wooded, this is the guide you need to make the best use of it.
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The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How: Field-to-Table Cooking Skills
Growing vegetables and raising livestock is only the beginning of a successful homestead — that fresh food goes to waste unless you can properly prepare, cook, and preserve it. Andrea Chesman shows you how to bridge the gap between field and table, covering everything from curing meats and making sausage to canning fruits and vegetables,…;
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Growing vegetables and raising livestock is only the beginning of a successful homestead — that fresh food goes to waste unless you can properly prepare, cook, and preserve it. Andrea Chesman shows you how to bridge the gap between field and table, covering everything from curing meats and making sausage to canning fruits and vegetables, milling flour, working with sourdough, baking no-knead breads, making braises and stews that can be adapted to different cuts of meat, rendering lard and tallow, pickling, making butter and cheese, making yogurt, blanching vegetables for the freezer, making jams and jellies, drying produce, and much more. You’ll learn all the techniques you need to get the most from homegrown foods, along with dozens of simple and delicious recipes, most of which can be adapted to use whatever you have available.
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Homegrown Humus: Cover Crops in a No-Till Garden (Permaculture Gardener) (Volume 1)
Homegrown humus is easy with cover crops! Cover crops are a simple, cheap way to boost your soil’s organic matter, to fight weeds, to prevent erosion, to attract pollinators, and to keep the ecosystem in balance. Unfortunately, most information on growing cover crops is written for people who plow their soil every year and are…;
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Homegrown humus is easy with cover crops!
Cover crops are a simple, cheap way to boost your soil’s organic matter, to fight weeds, to prevent erosion, to attract pollinators, and to keep the ecosystem in balance. Unfortunately, most information on growing cover crops is written for people who plow their soil every year and are willing to spray herbicides. You can get all of the same benefits in a no-till garden, though, if you’re clever.
Homegrown Humus details five no-till winners in depth — buckwheat, sweet potatoes, oilseed radishes, rye, and oats. Profiles of other species suggest gardening conditions when you might want to try out sunflowers, annual ryegrass, barley, Austrian winter peas, crimson clover, cowpeas, or sunn hemp as well.
Meanwhile, the book delves into finding cover-crop seeds, planting cover crops in a no-till garden, and easily killing cover crops without tilling or herbicide use. Understanding the C:N ratio of cover crops helps determine how long to wait between killing cover crops and planting vegetables, as well as how to maximize the amount of humus you’re adding to your soil.
Cover crops are an advanced gardening technique bound to increase your vegetable yields, but are simple enough for beginners. Give your garden a treat — grow some buckwheat!Homegrown Humus Cover Crops in a No Till Garden
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