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Cover cropping has become a huge thing in ReGen Ag and for a lot of great reasons.  Gardeners though still tend toward not using them.   While there are other strategies that can be employed when not actively growing crops, none are as effective as a good cover crop.  Today we discuss how to use this simple, inexpensive and very effective technology in your back yard.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

• What is a cover crop vs. just a crop, can a cover crop give a yield
• What happens to any living thing if you stop feeding it long enough
• What do we mean by soil armor
• Why do we always want to do a multi species cover crop (quorum sensing)
• How can we obtain yields and multi species crop at the same time
• What are some good cool season cover crops
  • Triticale
  • Barley
  • Wheat
  • Rye (cereal)
  • Daikon
  • Winter Pea
  • Annual Rye Gras
  • Phacelia (flowers in March to April)
• What are some good warm season cover crops
  • Cow peas
  • Buckwheat
  • Sun Flower
  • Millet
  • Sorghum
  • Any annual flowers really
• How do we terminate cover crops so we can plant food crops
  • Graze – (chicken tractors)
  • Roll it and crease the stems
  • Cut and drop
  • Let the weather do the work
  • A combination of the above
• Why this works better than just no tillage
• Thoughts on active cropping – cover cropping (interplanting)
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• All My Recommend Bitcoin Tools and Resources
• Cover Crop Seminar I Mentioned from Living Web Farms
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