Stephen Bannasch (316 ppm)Nov 15

A month ago I mixed compost into the soil in my 30 gallon fabric growing bags and planted a winter cover crop of winter rye and hairy vetch. I’m always amazed that these seeds can germinate and grow in the cold.

Hairy vetch is a legume and fixes nitrogen in the soil. I’ll compost and/or dig these plants back into the soil next May.

I think the first photo is the winter rye and the second that has redish highlights and more of a spiral wrap is the hairy vetch.

#Gardening #CoverCrop #Compost

Show threadStephen Bannasch (316 ppm)Jan 17

I peeked under the snow and found the Hairy Vetch and Winter Rye! I covered them back up after looking.

#gardening #wintercovercrop

Show threadStephen Bannasch (316 ppm)Mar 9

It’s 60 F here and while there is still a bunch of snow it’s melting quickly.

The snow has mostly melted at the soil surface in the fabric grow bags and the Hairy Vetch and Winter Rye winter cover crop is looking very happy!

For more info scroll earlier up the thread.

#gardening #winterrye #HairyVetch #wintercovercrop #stella

Show threadJer 🚲Mar 9
@stepheneb We just had a couple deer wander through assessing the quality of exposed patches of green grass.
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@jerzone

Ahhh … yes, I can imagine these little greens would look quite appetizing!

Mar 9 at 9:28pmWeb