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Tag Archives: alfalfa
8 Must Have Cover and Compost Crops For Your Garden and Homestead
As I wrote in my first post on Cindy Conner’s Cover Crops and Compost Crops IN Your Garden DVD, I highly recommend anyone wanting to grow cover crops in their garden to get this DVD. In this post, I share … Continue reading
Posted in Composting, Gardening
Tagged alfalfa, austrian winter pea, buckwheat, cereal rye, clover, compost, compost crop, country, country life, country living, country skills, cover crop, farm, garden, gardening, growing, hairy vetch, harvest, homestead, homesteading, mini-farm, permaculture, red clover, wheat
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Taking Cover Cropping to the Next Level
Covering cropping is an excellent addition to any gardening or mini-farming venture. If you’ve seen some of my recent posts, you know that I have been focused on expanding my use of cover crops to improve the heavy clay soil … Continue reading
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Tagged alfalfa, austrian winter pea, cereal rye, clover, country, country life, country living, country skills, cover crop, cover cropping, farm, field peas, garden, gardening, growing, hairy vetch, homestead, homesteading, mini-farm, oats, rye grass, soil
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Alfalfa: The Jewel of the Homestead
Alfalfa is one of those crops that should be in every mini-farm or home garden. Although we humans may not necessarily consume or directly enjoy its valuable production–unless eating sprouts–it brings tremendous benefit to animal and soil alike and the … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, alfalfa, background, country, countryside, crop, cultivated, farmland, field, food, france, grass, green, grow, harvest, homestead, land, landscape, meadow, nature, outdoor, pasture, plant, production, rural, summer
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