Green Manure (Hairy Vetch) Cover Crop Harvest

It's time to cut down the hairy vetch and use it as a green manure. We found some nitrogen nodules and compare the two hugelkultur beds - one with the cover crop and one without.

[ThedawnchorusPlot]

That’s a good harvest Colleen and Jason, a leafy crop would follow on nicely because of the nitrogen fix, great root structure, this is how gardening should be done, one big circle of improvement, I would just put the cardboard on top and put the greens aside to mix in a new compost heap, how long ago did you sow the hairy vetch?, many thanks for sharing, kind regards
alan………………. THE DAWN CHORUS PLOT 🌿

[SharonSidlo-slcz]

Awwwee...your L❤ve and video made me sooo Happy this Christmas 🎄 morning!!
I wish everyone cares for Mother earth 🌎 like you both do!!
God's Infinite Blessings Always

[joj]

Great idea using hedge trimmer - simplifying a big job 👍🏻 & no need to bring food when the garden grows lunch 🥗👏🏻 how lovely 🥰

[terrykingsallotmentgardening]

Excuse me 🤣 excellent content my friend's.

♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.

[CoastalGardensNW]

Nice job guys plenty of green there for your compost Jason 👍 great video as always stay safe and have a great week 👍 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇨🇦

[debsmostexcellentadventure]

Simply lovely video and channel, have a lovely week ahead and please stay safe debs xx new fan

[amankubuy]

nice video brother, ...you guys made Green Fertilizer..nice to see your gardening activities, , , good job brother..

[DiggingForHealth]

When Colleen turned the trimmer on with the cover still on it! LOL! I've so been there. 🤣 And those daikons! Massive.
I love you two! You make me smile every time I watch your videos! Have a wonderful week my friends!
I'm not an aforementioned "big brain" but I have done this before and occasionally they start to resprout after cutting them so don't be surprised if you need to go back through again to give an extra haircut. I used a green manure/cover crop mix though and I can't recall if it was the vetch that kept resprouting or something else.

[DigwellGreenfingers]

Brilliant guys. Something like cabbage in that bed next?
Have a great week.
PS - I used to know a gal called Hairy Vetch 😂

[bluebirdhomestead]

I love a good experiment. Looking forward to seeing how they compare.

[matthewspatch]

Always a great thing to do. Great soil conditioner. Vetch seems like a great choice. Think you have sold me on a hedge trimmer.

[Patsgardenlife]

Colleen and Jason the kale looks tasty. Looking forward to an update on the bed. Thank you for sharing.👍🏾

[FoodThymeAndGarden]

Good Morning to you both and your lunch looked fabulous .What a great cropping of hairy vetch, what an awesome name for it too. I just love saying it.. Hairy Vetch.. wink.. I wish my season was long enough to do this... still snow on the ground and ground still frozen solid.. But, oh my dreams of B.C. weather is in my forecast. Great video and did you eat your radishes? Take care, from Laura in Ontario

[johnwiley]

Nice and thick hairy vetch! This is february and mine is not nearly as thick but I don't plan on terminating it until late April. I can't put cardboard on top because I plan to plant tomatoes in that bed. I am just planning on terminating it with a shovel cut just below the surface. Once I plant my tomato plants, I planning on putting the leaves around them as green mulch.

[TheGrowUpChannel]

Looks great! That bed would be great for brassica or beans now! Happy growing 🌱

[stevefromthegarden]

The hedge trimmer was my tool of choice for terminating the cover crop too. I think you have a solid plan with cutting and covering the bed while on vacation. BTW: I start my sunflowers on 4/15 in cell trays.

[bonsaibrothers]

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[NowGardening]

Hi Jason and Colleen, thanks for introducing me to something new! I’ll have to look into this more and see what it’s called over here. Hope you enjoyed your kale snacking after working so hard! Cheers, Val

[DigPlantWaterRepeat]

Those nodules!! I thought you were joking when you said nitrogen nodules at first Colleen! Super informative and interesting! Thanks guys!

[BlueJayBonsai]

The hairy vetch is now hairless vetch! 🤣