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  Nothing slows the activity on a homestead down as much as wintertime. The bustle of spring planting and calving, and the harvest of summer and fall give way to quieter days of tending livestock, maintaining equipment and feasting on ...

There’s no reason why your garden should remain unproductive between fall harvest and spring planting. Planting a cover crop, which isn’t just for big agricultural operations, ensures your garden keeps working hard throughout the offseason. Plant a cover crop after ...

  Drought is a serious concern for gardeners. As water supplies dwindle across much of the country, we are left wondering how long we can continue to provide a healthy supply of food for ourselves and our families during such ...

If you love gardening, but want to try something different than the regular vegetables, you may like planting summer cover crops. Cover crops (“green manure”), although often grown in the winter, have many benefits as a summer crop. Summer cover ...

Many aspects of large agricultural projects and farming can be scaled down to work in a suburban or small homestead setting. Cover crops are one method that can work very well for people with small amounts of land that they ...

Summer is over. Leaves are falling, and the weather is beginning to get a little cooler. While many of us are hanging up the shovel and throwing in the trowel, so to speak, it’s not quite “game over” time in ...

Hairy vetch is a plant that falls under the category of legume. Legumes are useful plants for many reasons. The main one is that they add beneficial nitrogen to your soil. Nitrogen is the most important element in soil in ...