Great review, thanks! Would love to hear follow-ups about some of your fields after you cover crop them for several more years.

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While I certainly like covering the soil, I'd point out that you can get much greater health in the soil biome by planting the native grasses and wildflowers rather than imported versions. We often forget that the ecosystem is actually a system, and that plants, microbes, pollinators, birds, and everything else in the area all evolved together. For example, Andropogon Gerardii is famous for rooting down 10' or more. And while current science seems to indicate that only the top foot of roots are used to collect water, we really have no idea what the Big Blue Stem is doing with the rest of the root structure it puts so much energy into developing. What we can say, though, is that the roots are obviously mining minerals from way down in the ground and bringing them to the surface in the form of their leaves. When those leaves die off in the winter, that mineral-rich organic matter is then made available to plants at the surface who have shallower rooting structures. When we look at other native plants, like the Echinacea pallida, we know it will sent a tap root down as much as 3', but we don't know exactly why. All we can say for sure is that it's playing a vital role in the mineral transfer cycle and must be important to the ecosystem since it evolved right along with the rest of the plants, insects, and microbes. Maybe the best part of using Native Grasses and Wildflowers is that you can test the hypothesis very cheaply. Thankfully, places like home depot and such are now offering naturally-occurring varieties of these plants in their landscaping departments so you can grab one or two of each and plant the in a corner somewhere. Not only are they beautiful additions to the home, but you can watch the ground to see how it responds. Digging a cross-section through a test patch will show you just how deep the roots go and how active the entire biome is.

I am trying to cover crops out this year I live in Michigan we will winter kill on everything mostly I was just wondering are to killing your crop yearly or do they continue into the next year is it important to redo it every year? Just looking for insight!