Good idea. I've seen plenty of the red clover in spring, but not in fall and winter, but I don't know why it wouldn't be a good fall plant. I wonder if oats or rye grass would do the same thing through the winter. All with be a good deer plot, for sure.jmg wrote: ↑02 Nov 2022, 10:32I should have built more raised beds and just planted in them. That said, however, I did sew about 10 lbs of crimson clover seed as a cover crop on the area of my garden that isn’t being used…which is about 70% of it.This should put some good nitrogen back in the soil.sweetandsour wrote: ↑02 Nov 2022, 05:08I waited a little too late, I thought, to plant seeds. So I bought small already-started plants at a local feed store/nursery, and planted them last week. Mustard, collards, turnips and kale. They're in a raised bed; I'm letting my tilled ground rest this fall, and will turn it over in early spring next year.jmg wrote: ↑01 Nov 2022, 17:26 Anybody growing fall/cold weather crops? We've always done a big summer garden, but this is my first time try anything in the fall and/or winter. I really should have done more homework. However, I've currently got the very beginnings of kale, turnips, radishes, and cabbage coming up. We'll see.
Hopefully will have mustard greens ready for Thanksgiving.
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Rye does really well down here in the winter months. I was advised by a friend of a friend who apparently knows a lot on this subject though to plant the clover for the most nitrogen. And the clover sure is pretty.sweetandsour wrote: ↑02 Nov 2022, 16:38Good idea. I've seen plenty of the red clover in spring, but not in fall and winter, but I don't know why it wouldn't be a good fall plant. I wonder if oats or rye grass would do the same thing through the winter. All with be a good deer plot, for sure.jmg wrote: ↑02 Nov 2022, 10:32I should have built more raised beds and just planted in them. That said, however, I did sew about 10 lbs of crimson clover seed as a cover crop on the area of my garden that isn’t being used…which is about 70% of it.This should put some good nitrogen back in the soil.sweetandsour wrote: ↑02 Nov 2022, 05:08
I waited a little too late, I thought, to plant seeds. So I bought small already-started plants at a local feed store/nursery, and planted them last week. Mustard, collards, turnips and kale. They're in a raised bed; I'm letting my tilled ground rest this fall, and will turn it over in early spring next year.
Hopefully will have mustard greens ready for Thanksgiving.
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How bout some rye and red winter wheat and then at harvest you could begin the distilling process and whip up some kick butt whiskey
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I sure wish that was a skill I possessed.Bloodhound wrote: ↑03 Nov 2022, 10:18 How bout some rye and red winter wheat and then at harvest you could begin the distilling process and whip up some kick butt whiskey
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One word: YouTube.jmg wrote: ↑03 Nov 2022, 17:35I sure wish that was a skill I possessed.Bloodhound wrote: ↑03 Nov 2022, 10:18 How bout some rye and red winter wheat and then at harvest you could begin the distilling process and whip up some kick butt whiskey
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None this year for me. Maybe next year. I just mulched up some leaves and tilled them under to decompose this winter. My garden dirt has lots of clay so I'm working to get more organic matter in it. Gravely power was utilized to pulverize the leaves and then plow them under. "Power vs Drudgery."
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