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Subject: Re: Cover crop
From: "John H. Immink" <ecologicals1@home.com>
Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 00 13:00:14
Message-ID: <MOD$001027.29935@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$001025.18199@rec.gardens.ecosystems>



There is a world of info available to you, using this simple trick:

1: Open browser
2: Click on Search
3: Type in cover crops
4: select what seems most useful and save as bookmarks.

Examples:

http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/ccrop/search_ccrop.html

http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/ccrop/

http://www.geocities.com:0080/RainForest/Canopy/1118/west.html

For your convenience, there are more links listed within a web community,
http://communities.msn.ca/Readyforalmostanything

Hth,

John

"Ryan Lenz" wrote in message
news:MOD$001025.18199@rec.gardens.ecosystems...
>
> Hello all,
>
> This past season was my gardens first, and it did fairly well. I've stayed
> organic, and wish to continue to do so. Up here in the Pacific Northwest,
> its starting to get mighty cold, and all my crops have died back for the
> year. So now, I'm left with a bare (or almost bare) plot of land, and I'm
> concerned about soil erosion, especially with all the rain we get up here.
> I've read a tiny bit about putting on "green manure" or a cover crop, and my
> understanding is this: spread the cover crop seeds after your harvesting is
> complete for the season, and the cover crop keeps the soil from eroding.
> Sounds good. Though i've never read this, i'm guessing that the cover crop
> will also capture energy from the sun and add it to my little plot o' Earth.
>
> So anyway, what is a good cover crop? I'd like to not have to till it down
> next spring. And finally, are there any other provisions I should make for
> winter?
>
> Thanks-
> Ryan Lenz
>
>