Cover Crops in the Home Garden

Cover crops can be a very useful tool in the home garden. Offering benefits such as weed suppression, erosion control, nitrogen fixation, adding organic matter and improving soil tilth, cover crops can easily be incorporated into even the smallest garden spaces! I share my favorite cover crops for the home garden and would love to hear about yours!

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[CBsGreenhouseandGarden]

You are such an amazing lady that is sharing such awesome information. Cover crops work really well for soil gardeners. Doing straw bales like I do there is no need for cover crops. Thanks for sharing this must know on what and how cover crops work. Stay safe my friend and hope you have a wonderful weekend!

[gratefulMOMent]

Finally someone who tells me how to practically use cover crops with real examples. Thank you!

[deecooper]

Your son is just adorable 😊. Warms my heart to see kids helping & learning. My grandsons are grown & busy with life, but when young they were magnificent helpers👍👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[ck-]

As an experiment I planted some field peas in a thick layer (6-8 inches) of decomposing wood chips (6 months old) that are sheet mulching lawn areas as the foundation for my garden beds. I planted relatively shallow (1 inch). They are growing right out of the wood chips. I plan to chop and drop before flowering to help breakdown the wood chips and expedite the composting process.

[anneg]

I grow clover year round in all my beds. Vegetables do great. When they need a nitrogen boost, I just trim the clover to release it. And it looks beautiful. The soil seems to love it. Strawberries too.

[erikamatsumoto]

I just watched this video a few months ago and decided to buy buckwheat seed, and holy cow are they fast growers! Thank you for this video because I am loving this new world of cover crops!

[Mushy]

I'm sorry I couldn't hear you over the cuteness of that GSD baby!!! 😍

[HALANBRAZIL]

Amazing to see cover crops in gardens! I thought I was alone in this ! great info! At this point in East Texas about to start fall I am using clover! However, I am open to other ideas!

[matinirudolph]

I'm from New Zealand and planted a cover crop early autumn in an over used bed...mustard, garden oats and lupins. This is my first time using a cover crop, excited to reap the benefits 👍😊

[BirdieBlrrrd]

Bro you are one of the best on YouTube, seriously. I’m in Texas so our climates are different but I use what I can from you and appreciate it a lot.

[wingrider]

OK, well....I recently planted and terminated my first cover crop - buckwheat. Amazed at how quickly it grew. I am now putting down the second round of buckwheat and amazingly, this round is growing faster and is lusher. I think I am a closet cover crop gardener. I really like stuff that is this easy to plant, grow and deal with. I also planted Sudan grass and it is growing but much slower. It could be because it is not in direct sun. Still, it is getting bigger and doing ok.

[pseudopetrus]

Very good video, I am trying to get caught up with all the good stuff from earlier videos. So nice to see the young fella working in the garden! My son helps me with my trees. My wife of many years keeps me going with good healthy food. Family is so important!

[yahuahloveyou-jonybuss]

i did lentils and harvested lots of lentils covercrop so far thanks for the ideas

[emilzet]

thanks Jenna! This is very helpful. I am just doing white clover between my strawberries. Clover is not just cover crop but is also beneficial to strawberries adding nitrogen to the soil 🙂

[SistersBreakingBad]

That was the best explanation of everything cover crops that I have heard, quick and to the point and how you use it. I found this by looking for radishes and cover crops. I wondered if it would all decompose by the time I would plant in it and you answered that. Thank you!

[mariagladstone]

This is a great video. I planted crimson clover but I'm going to try the tiller radish and buckwheat. Thanks!!

[jasonhatfield]

I'm trying a cover crop this year for the first time. I planted the garden mix from True Leaf. It's exciting to see new green growth in the garden at this time of year when normally everything would be brown

[johnrobholmes]

Just started using them this year! Diakon radish, buckwheat, and winter rye!

[rickolson]

Great information Jenna, Thank you very much.

[krisvanhouten]

This is a great video. Trying to get started here in SW CO and have need of multiple types of cover crop. Have a great day.