Mulching VS Cover Crops In the Backyard Garden | Which is Better

Mulching VS Cover Crops in the Backyard garden | Which is Better

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[anant]

Thanks! I saw this video just in time as fall is quickly approaching. I went thru my pantry and took out all the 'old' peas, whole mung beans, cowpeas, garbanzo beans, fenugreek seeds, pinto beans, etc. Soaked them a couple of days in water and then spread them on all my raised beds. I now have a good layer of 'cover crop' going everywhere! The recent rains were a blessing!

[keenanisaacs]

This was exactly the video I needed. I’m moving into a new spot with bare soil in the backyard and I’m looming at amending it. I wasn’t sure if I should mulch or use a cover crop but now I’m sold on cover cropping now and mulching in the spring once my food crops are established. Thank you!

[journeyasimplelife]

Very clear and easy to understand explanation of how cover crops work!
I’ve learned so much with just this one video thank you!

[kansasgardener]

I don't think many home gardeners use cover crops and that's a shame. Education is key and videos like this one are essential. Thanks.

[NZSaskia]

Now that I have inherited a neglected garden I'm starting with mulching while the groundcovers I planted grow. Great to see lifeless dirt go to being filled with fat worms and healthy.

[Kenny]

I believe you have the best videos on YouTube for this topic, thanks.

[toddvance]

Thanks for the clarification. Have proceeded with cover crops for living roots 365 days a year.

[jimwilleford]

Your articulate and clear presentations are very helpful to me. Thank you.

[xxtranZerxx]

I was wondering this the other day! Awesome job, I appreciate you making all these informative videos, I think your method is the most sustainable and efficient out of all of them.

[floriebrown]

That comfrey is so lush and green beautiful tomatoes I have rescued 3 hedgehog during our very dry hot summer they now live in my
garden and does the tilling of my soil in search of slugs and worm, my beans and tomatoes survived the rummaging around. Thanks for the video

[lindahipple]

I used both this past winter. After my string beans were finished this summer, their roots were 4 1/2 ft long and grew laterally. Never have seen this great root system in any of my gardens. I used the mulch to help with moisture retention, I don't water unless its' a new transplant. My tomatoes were grown from direct seed sowing and I've never had nicer tomatoes..Oxhearts and Cherokees. I like to use perrineal herbs like oreganno, chamomile, parsely, Toothach plant, walking onions, etc. year around to help the soil growth. God bless.

[lenamccown]

Thanks, Mark. Beautiful tomatoes. Good to hear that you will keep making videos.

[billherrick]

Excellent info. We use winter rye here in zone 3. Having made a few poly tunnels this year my beans were done early by mid August so I planted my winter rye right after and now in mid Oct the rye is so thick and rich. I can't wait to see what it looks like by planting time next season; usually June 1st +/-. I will probably obliterate it with a weed wacker and then rake it up to be reapplied as mulch around tomatoes which will go in that spot. Always interested in your discussions on cover crops. You have the best channel on gardening. Thankyou!

[dr.froghopper]

Okay, I’ve put down about 6”-8” of leaves covered by a 2”-3” layer of horse manure. That’s on top of adobe soil that used to be a horse corral that’s very compacted. The corral was never cleaned so I know that the dirt already had quite a bit of manure anyway. We tried to till the garden area 2 years ago with limited success because of compaction. So this year I’m just trying to build soil and building raised beds. I need more clover!

[TheologicalBackroads]

I really have benefited from your soil video series... It's a shame you don't have more views... But I do look forward to seeing how much the nutrition value in your crops improve as time goes on.

[KevinKimmich]

The point you made about straw is a really good one-you really don't know what you're getting most of the time.

[MrMcGillicuddy]

I love my comfrey. I like to chop it down to the base 3 or 4 times a season, mulch plants with it and then put a layer of hay or leaves on top to keep the nitrogen from off gassing into the air

[danielfisch]

Great video, I'm learning a lot from you. Thank you for sharing another informative video. I have been using cover crops that includes mulch spread around them, with amazing results for the past three years.

[happygardener]

A point for cover crops, in a new area, is to build nitrogen (as well as building soil) until the system is up and running properly. We've a glut of carpenter ants in my neighborhood, so I daren't use wood chips. I've burnt downed limbs to create biochar for my new garden and added some sand and lime to break up some of the excess clay. I didn't burn the wood all the way through to let the inside decay naturally while the charred exterior deters any termites and ants. Next year I hope to use some of the information you've shared.

[dandyman]

Was that a big rainbow tomato? I replanted my bushes elsewhere, put a fence up and planted a garden. First time ever. My garden came out great, in what I am told was the worst year ever. Gardening is going to take a great deal of study to really get good at it. Thanks for the info.