BUCKWHEAT: IT’S NOT just for pancakes anymore. While pancakes are one of the finest culinary pleasures humankind has devised, buckwheat is a much more important crop than it typically receives credit ...

Washington State University researchers are looking for farmers with more than 20 acres to experiment with buckwheat. The crop can benefit a total farm system, growers say, but the Washington Grain ...

Mid-Missouri's long growing season allows us to have several plantings. Some are planted in the spring (brassicas, greens, cabbage, bush beans, etc.) and can be planted again in the fall. But what do ...

I’m a big fan of cover crops on the farm and in the garden. Cover crops are not harvested. Instead they’re used for other purposes, such as preventing erosion or improving soil tilth. One of my ...

You may have heard the saying, “nature abhors a vacuum.” Although it applies to many situations, farmers and gardeners have a unique understanding. They know that leaving a plot of land open ...

Have you heard of cover crops? While farmers usually use these during the off-season to protect soil, gardeners usually ...

With peas, garlic, most potatoes and other crops harvested, there are now many vacant areas in the vegetable garden. Some of this space may be used to plant cold-tolerant vegetables, e.g. radishes and ...

LANESBORO, Minn. -- Hidden behind a cornfield on a dead-end road in Fillmore County is a unique one-acre plot. Dan Bradt, Jill Sackett and Dean Thomas work to harvest cover crops in a one-acre plot in ...

For an Earth-friendly garden, keep a succession of plants in the soil by planting cover crops. These are plants grown to improve the soil rather than for harvest. I prepare the soil for the next year ...

GOSHEN — Purdue Extension Elkhart County is offering free cover crop seed while supplies last. Small packets have been made up to seed roughly a 100 square foot area (10 feet by 10 feet, for example, ...