Cover Crop for Beginners. The easy way to boost your soil.

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Beginner's Garden - Journey with Jill

Күн бұрын

:40 Cover Crop Intro
1:50 Hairy Vetch
4:50 Crimson Clover
8:45 Garden Cover Crop Blend
14:00 Terminating your cover crop
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@Vince-ml9gw Жыл бұрын

This is the best explanation of cover crops I’ve ever heard. Outstanding!

@honeydew4576 11 ай бұрын

Super excellent video. Buying hairy vetch, garden cover crop blend, and subscribing! Thanks for your channel!

@phylissharp8396 Жыл бұрын

Great information, thank you! I will be using them for the first time and actually just ordered the garden blend yesterday!

@cathymccall9199 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This was the lesson of the month! So very informative and exactly the subjects I was intent on learning about. I agree, cover crop is where it's at for sure!

@Sasklahoma Жыл бұрын

I’m in 7b as well. Was just trying to figure out what I was going to do with my raised beds thank you so much for the tips

@makeyourlifeeasier5794 Жыл бұрын

Very nice video! Cover crop info that I haven't seen elsewhere.

@teresaholland4790 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your beautiful work

@stephenhope7319 10 ай бұрын

Good info on the cover crops. I have 7 planters that are 50 gallons each and a redwood bed 20 feet x 4 feet. I like to rotate cover crops in the 7 planters at 1 year increments. No hard frost here in 9b Sacramento. I cut and drop the cover crop in December and start a new one right away.Thanks for the video.

@chelseycarrillo8824 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have watch a handful of videos on cover crops and this made it easy to understand and less intimidating. Other videos leave out what to do after you plant the seeds. Thank you

@marcuslarson5313 8 ай бұрын

Great video. I have gardened most of my life, but I just started to cover crop. I have hauled in hay/straw for years, but that could be replaced by cover cropping. Thanks for sharing your experience!

@patriciamiller8279 Жыл бұрын

This year is my first trying out cover crops. I got the garden mix from True Leaf - so it was great to see what I could expect from it! :) Thanks so much for sharing your experiences.

@urbanharvestdfw 11 ай бұрын

Same here I was wondering what I was gonna do with it I thought about using it like a micro green mix

@crystalcrosson1930 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this so easy. You rock girllll !

@crystalcrosson1930 8 ай бұрын

Good morning Jill I tried the code fallcover15 and that code is not working. Says enter a valid discount code. I called them again they say that code is not in system. The first call they said you would have to activate. Crazy response. Anyway could you call and ask them what the issue is. I would have not bought from them but you gave them a plug. Thank you so much. Im really enjoying your videos. Did my first cover crop with left over microgreen seeds. Buckwheat, mustard, kale and arugula. Mixed all together and spread. Something better than bare soil. Lol. Im ordering the garden cover mix for the back 40 about 1/4 acre to do you pick wildflowers in spring.

@tarah6181 Жыл бұрын

It was so hard for me to find youtube gardeners from Arkansas zone 7b! I'm starting a garden on some very hard and depleted soil so you're videos have helped me a ton. I now know what I need to do this fall to get spring started off on the right foot next year. Thank you!

@hibiscus-dreams 10 ай бұрын

Did you have any luck? I'm in Oklahoma zone 6a/7b

@judyrobertson5564 9 ай бұрын

Very good video informative. God bless you and yours

@sura2047 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank you!

@jamesrobbins7976 Жыл бұрын

Great Video. Thanks

@davidk4184 Жыл бұрын

My problem with vetch was that when it seeded out, it became a weed. The birds spread it all over my garden, and being deep rooted, it is very difficult to pull out. It took me 2 years to get rid of it. I much prefer peas and oats for a fall cover crop.

@Pervydachny Жыл бұрын

Hello! I like your knowledge. I prefer clover, although other options are good. Thanks for the great info. Happiness to you👍🌻💙

@kaeliae2140 Жыл бұрын

You convinced me to try the 3rd option. :)

@thebeginnersgarden Жыл бұрын

I can't say enough about it! The seeds ended up germinating in just a few days!

@pthomps1111 8 ай бұрын

Your video was very good cover crop information, thank you. It's strange how hard it is to get comprehensive info: seeding the cover to planting your vegetables into the terminated crop. So tanks for the tutorial.

@Jwayne1020 Жыл бұрын

Great video and information. What fertilizers and amendents to you side dress your corn with? Also do you use and pesticids to prevent worms? a video would be great

@peterstevens6555 Жыл бұрын

Summer is about to begin here in New Zealand ... 🙂🙂🙂

@crochetingaroundnewzealand Жыл бұрын

It's freezing!!!! Lol

@peterstevens6555 Жыл бұрын

@@crochetingaroundnewzealand We are having a late spring here ...about to plant my summer crop here !!!

@crochetingaroundnewzealand Жыл бұрын

@@peterstevens6555 its snowing most places. My seedlings are still tiny. I don't plant out until after labour weekend

@peterstevens6555 Жыл бұрын

Labour weekend aye... I'm here in Auckland wearing shorts, washing my windows at the moment!!!

@crochetingaroundnewzealand Жыл бұрын

@@peterstevens6555 lol show off

@rbthegardennannyllc4219 7 ай бұрын

So what did you do with the buckwheat that you pulled up? Could you have planted something else instead of the cover crop like another vegetable. So say you have harvested the potatoes could you grow a tomato or cucumber instead of Buckwheat if you still have more time in your growing season? Then later on harvest that and then put in the harry vetch? Thanks for this video. Very helpful.

@paigebrooke3614 Жыл бұрын

Great info! I am going to try cover crops in a couple of my raised beds. Would Hairy Vetch work in an established asparagus bed? I would like to use as weed control for the asparagus bed as long as it did not interfere with asparagus roots.

@thebeginnersgarden Жыл бұрын

I can't say for sure since I haven't tried it and I haven't researched it. But it might not be a bad idea to consider. Most legumes are shallow rooted, so it might work well.

@cristobalv Жыл бұрын

u said that u take the cover crop out in the middle or biggining of summer ? So how do u manage tomatos for example do u plant them in the middle of the cover crops ? Or is is best to plant cover crops at the end of summer season until beggining of spring next year to accommodate your summer crops better ?

@jacquelinebaxter6420 Жыл бұрын

I ordered a cover crop probably in spring early summer forgot that I did. I think its too late to plant here I'm in 6b. We already have a freeze warning.

@crochetingaroundnewzealand Жыл бұрын

Can't find the other video. Link please

@toddkrabs8399 Жыл бұрын

does hairy vetch work in zone 6? we get alot of snow in michigan. i used to live near ft smith and i know i cant grow things here that i grew there. and likewise i could never grow decent northern crops, like strawberries, there.

@vinoctomo47 9 ай бұрын

I wonder if anyone composts the cover crop cuttings? I know its at seed about the time it gets cut, but it might be good to compost. Thanks for the very informative, easy to follow video. Happy gardening.

@thebeginnersgarden 9 ай бұрын

Yes, I do!

@miriammarquez4061 11 ай бұрын

How do you deal with slugs and snails 🐌

@Deb999Deb 10 ай бұрын

I'm in Texas 8A. We've had a hot and dry summer. I have cedar mulch in my garden and it works wonderfully. Would like to try cover crops for the many soil benefits. Would you recommend leaving the mulch to finish decomposing and scatter cover crop seeds over top? Or, remove the mulch and then scatter the cover crop seeds? I'd like to make the transition.

@thebeginnersgarden 10 ай бұрын

I’d rake off the mulch and plant the cover. The mulch can be reused in another area or save it for next season.

@Christian-jx3nx Жыл бұрын

You planted the corn the first of July? What kind of corn and did you fertilize also? Great video! Thank you.

@thebeginnersgarden Жыл бұрын

This year it was Silver Queen and I didn’t fertilize at all. Only the cover crop.

@user-th7kn1kb1r 10 ай бұрын

Where can I order the mix cover, last one you liked best. Thank you.🙋‍♀️

@thebeginnersgarden 10 ай бұрын

True Leaf Market. The link should be in the description. I do have a coupon code JOURNEY10 that will get you $10 off an order of $50+ thru Oct. 31.

@user-th7kn1kb1r 10 ай бұрын

I’m in zone 9. Southeast Texas. …. Is Crimson clover good to plant in the fall? September or October when to plant?

@thebeginnersgarden 10 ай бұрын

I plant it in 7b. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work for you in the fall.

@cocoamoco3557 5 ай бұрын

How long does it take for Crimson Clover to flower? I broadcast mine in Oct and now It’s the end of Feb and I see some little red flowering but it doesn’t look like the big long bright red cones like some pics show. I was going to cut it down and compost it but I want to get the seeds for next year, so I think it’s too early to cut.

@thebeginnersgarden 4 ай бұрын

Depends on your location but I see mine in April usually.

@gwenalexander4047 10 ай бұрын

I can't find your episode 263. Would you post a link, please?

@thebeginnersgarden 10 ай бұрын

journeywithjill.libsyn.com/263-beginners-guide-to-fall-cover-crops

@sharondwhite47 Жыл бұрын

How much water does it require? Here in southern New Mexico we may get only one or two rains in the winter if lucky. We would have to irrigate.

@thebeginnersgarden Жыл бұрын

I keep my drip irrigation on it until we start getting freezes; from there, I don't water all winter. In Arkansas though, we do get rain fairly regularly in the winter.

@deborahcecil200 Жыл бұрын

Chuck here: You have a nice smile. Your ideas about cardboard are wrong. Think hpw cardboard is made. GLUES and various chemicals. How many people have you made sick with your smiling face. D.A.