On the other hand, you could use plants to do the heavy lifting. Ground covers and cover crops sound similar, but have different roles in your yard and garden. The one thing they do have in common ...

Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil carbon from erosion, a factor that's underestimated in considering the carbon ...

A friend from church asked me, “Is there any cover crop to plant in the spring?” Traditionally, most home gardeners only plant cover crops in the fall. Spring plantings of cover crops will help ...

Soil stays put – As a ground cover, rye effectively holds soil in ... Spring seeding also is possible, although most of the crop will remain strictly vegetative and will not head out.

The executive director of the Association of Illinois Soil & Water Conservation Districts says farmers across the state are ...

ladder and platform for easy filling and weather-tight roll tarp with ground-level operation. It is available in producer’s choice of implement-matching red or green. The new cover crop seeder ...

A field planted with cereal rye, one of the most common cover crops in Iowa. Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons ...