6 REASONS YOU SHOULD BE GROWING COVER CROPS

Growing cover crops in the backyard garden has a wide range of benefits. Cover crops provide organic matter for soils, reduce erosion, suppress weeds, and can provide cheap and easy forage for chickens or other livestock.

Join us as we'll tell you all the benefits of growing cover crops and discuss our plans for cool season cover crops this fall and winter. We'll be planting a mix from Green Cover Seed called the "Overwintering Mix," which includes hairy vetch, winter peas, Balansa clover, cereal rye, barley, and rapeseed.

We'll show you how we inoculate and plant the seed so that we get the best germination rates possible and have a dense stand of vegetation on our 30'x35' plot.

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[charlescourtney]

Made peanut butter for the first time this year. Since I only grew boiling peanut varieties this year, I went to the Williston (Florida) Peanut Company, a large peanut processing plant nearby me, and purchased several pounds of raw Virginia type peanuts. I froze half for future use and then roasted the remainder in the oven before processing them into peanut butter --YUM! Never again will I buy commercial brands of peanut butter. There are lots of how-to articles and videos on the internet for those interested in doing this.

[wcbish]

Travis, I let my tiller sit for a whole year. I just sold it. No till is the way and the light as far as I'm concerned. I don't even mow my cover crops. I just walk em down and tarp em.

[frannorris]

Appreciate this - zone 7A and originally from the Upstate of SC. It is different in the South. I was wondering about all the straw mulch I see in some of the other gardeners - especially those in California. The straw gives me the heebie jeebies when I think about what I could afford and the potential weed seeds. Appreciate any info. Thanks!

[notmoreinch]

Thank you for this video. I feel like I am educated a lot more now

[davidfreiberg]

my whole front yard is a top soil-less sandy slope. I've been looking into finding a good cover crop to throw down when I'm ready to try to bring it back to life.

[ejohnson]

Thanks for this video, will be using this video and your other ones for cover crops for my hens and meat birds.

[wingandaprayer]

Congratulations on the homemade peanut butter! That is quite an accomplishment Keep on gardenin'

[susanparker-heitel]

I used peanuts, a smidge of salted butter and processed in cuisinart. That’s it.

[randyman]

Have you ever tried a broad fork?I believe it would benefit you more than tilling

[karenzorn]

One more thing I forgot to ask earlier, can you do video on update on your worm farm?

[martinandrews]

I just bought the other mix u was tlkin about the soil builder mix. Now u can laugh but I guarden at my apartment complex where a tree feel and when the tree ppl came and picked it up they had to clear out some other bushes and stuff so my land lord lets me guarden back there but I'm limited obviously. No drip no sprinkler and no mower. I do have a wheel hoe though and a sling blade. So when it comes time to cut my cover crops will a sling blade be good enough? Or maybe a weed eater?

[rice]

How far in advance of spring planting should I till in over wintering cover crop?

[timfetner]

That peanut butter looked mighty good!! It is one of my favorite things to eat. Will definitely have to try and make some myself.

[johnwelsch]

Did you get the freezing temps this week like we did in Athens area

[karenzorn]

Hey Travis you always mention using Nature Safe 855, where do you buy this?

[HeyJudeDistributing]

7 tablespoons (99 grams) unsalted butter,  melted

For the filling:

8 ounces (227 grams) cream cheese,  at room temperature

3/4 cup (94 grams) powdered sugar plus 2 tablespoons,  divided

1 cup (270 grams) creamy conventional peanut butter

1 cup (240 grams) heavy whipping cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the topping:

Melted peanut butter

Melted chocolate

Mini Reese’s cups

Peanut butter chips

[FreeAmerican-mmmy]

What are your thoughts about mycorrhizal fungi? I enjoy your show.

[rice]

How long after incorporating mustard should I wait until I plant Green Cover's overwintering cover crop. I live in Northwest Florida, my first frost date is November 15.

[pa.fishpreacher]

greetings from Pa. I watched a different vid. I think it was on black berries. You mentioned one can cover crop even in raised beds. Ive grown winter rye in the past but tht was in earth. what cover crop would you recommend for raised beds? Im in the north by the way if that matters

[jasperthomas]

I noticed you don't have any edging of your garden beds. How do you keep the grass out?