Last autumn, I carefully cultivated a heap of seeds within a new garden bed, only to hack these fledgling plants down to the ground just a few weeks later – and deliberately let them all rot away.

Have you ever considered using green manure to fertilize your garden and vegetable plots? This eco-friendly and totally organic method helps to maintain the organic matter in your soil, aids soil ...

COURTESY KIMO FRANKLIN A "green" manure plot with Sunn hemp, buckwheat, oats, peas, rye grass and clover plants that are about 6 weeks old. They will be ready to chop down in approximately two weeks.

What’s the difference between summer and winter green manures? HANNAH: Green manures are a combination of legumes and grains grown to quickly replenish your soil with a range of nutrients. They’re ...

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The Canada Organic Standard requires organic matter be generated on farm before off-farm nutrient sources can be used. We were curious about the impact of this standard on Canadian organic vegetable ...

Scroll down to find out which other gardening jobs you should tackle this October A GARDENING expert has revealed an 89p soil hack which will save your soil over the cold winter months. Summer is now ...

The State government’s initiative to help farmers improve soil health through the use of green manure under the ‘Chief Minister’s Mannuyir Kaathu Mannuyir Kaappom’ scheme (CMMKMKS) has drawn a ...