Green Manure
In an effort to add some nutrients to my poor soil I’ve started planting buckwheat all around my back yard. It’s a perfect crop for such a purpose because it grows well in poor soil and it’s fairly hardly, at least until the first frost comes along and kills it. I’ve been letting it grow for about a month now, and I’m about to get out there with a hoe and turn it under. Doing this will provide a ton of nutrients in the soil, especially nitrogen, for whatever I choose to plant later on.
Tags: buckwheat
November 18th, 2008 at 12:03 am
I take it you know about the cycles of life. I think that type of putting your ideas into actions is what its all about. Yep, it, sustainability