In no-dig gardening, never leave soil bare! Keep it covered with crops or green manures like crimson clover in spring or winter field beans in autumn. After growth, chop & drop as mulch. This feeds soil life, suppresses weeds & protects structure. 🌱 #NoDig #GreenManure #SoilHealth
In no-dig gardening, never leave soil bare! Keep it covered with crops or green manures like crimson clover in spring or winter field beans in autumn. After growth, chop & drop as mulch. This feeds soil life, suppresses weeds & protects structure. 🌱 #NoDig #GreenManure #SoilHealth

【🎉Latest accepted article】
15N tracer chemical form underlies divergent estimates of symbiotic N2 fixation and nitrogen transfer

#15NDilution | #15N_foliarFeeding | #GreenManure | #IsotopicFractionation | #MethodologicalEffect | #NitrogenCycling | #TracerChemistry

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag076

Boost your soil health naturally! 🌱✨ Discover the magic of Green Manures and how they can transform your garden plot in our latest guide. 🥬🚜 Blog here: vegplotter.com/blog/green-m... #GardeningTips #GrowYourOwn #SoilHealth #GreenManure #AllotmentLife #OrganicGardening

Boost your soil health naturally! 🌱✨

Discover the magic of Green Manures and how they can transform your garden plot in our latest guide. 🥬🚜

Blog here: https://vegplotter.com/blog/green-manure

#GardeningTips #GrowYourOwn #SoilHealth #GreenManure #AllotmentLife #OrganicGardening

A rye grass green manure has done its job over winter. I lifted it with a ho-mi and left it on the surface to continue to break down before the bed is planted up next month.

On other beds I’ve cover killed the rye grass. Both methods work well.

Some bramble roots have been forked up and removed from another bed. Some still need to be removed another time.

This is as much soil disturbance as I’ll ever do. Minimum till rather than no dig. #GreenManure #CoverCrops #Mulch #Allotment #Gardening

Sow green manures like clover, rye, or vetch to enrich your soil! 🌱 These cover crops fix nitrogen, suppress weeds, and improve soil structure. 🌾 An eco-friendly way to prep your garden for next season—plus, they look great! 🌍 #SustainableGardening #GreenManure #SoilHealth
Sow green manures like clover, rye, or vetch to enrich your soil! 🌱 These cover crops fix nitrogen, suppress weeds, and improve soil structure. 🌾 An eco-friendly way to prep your garden for next season—plus, they look great! 🌍 #SustainableGardening #GreenManure #SoilHealth

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Short-term intercropping reduces total symbiotic N2 fixation and alters the fate of nitrogen derived from free-living fixation

#InterspecificFacilitation | #GreenManure | #DiazotrophicCommunity | #RhizosphereMicrobiome | #BioavailableNitrogen | #Plant_microbeInteraction

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag020

@MaQuest I signed up to freegle after seeing this toot. Today I picked up a no longer needed but very handy dog fence.

It’s now on the plot to help keep some of the wildlife off the crops later this winter and into the next growing year. #Recycle #ReUse #Repurpose #SolarPunk #Recycling #Freegle #FreeStuff #GreenManure #NoDig #Allotment