http://tinyfarmblog.com/rye-thrives/ Daily photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools...! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:27:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://tinyfarmblog.com/rye-thrives/#comment-14432 Mike (tfb) Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:47:40 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/11/rye-thrives/#comment-14432 <b>VP:</b> Well, definitions vary depending on where you look, but in general, green manure is a type of cover crop. Depends on the intention. A cover crop could be mainly intended to prevent soil erosion and suppress weeds on an open area. A green manure would be sown primarily to improve the soil, maybe a nitrogen-fixing "manure-replacement" like alfalfa or clover, or just something to add a good bulk of organic matter. I'd call this fall rye a green manure cover crop... As long as the meaning's clear, I guess it's all just a choice of words! :) VP: Well, definitions vary depending on where you look, but in general, green manure is a type of cover crop. Depends on the intention. A cover crop could be mainly intended to prevent soil erosion and suppress weeds on an open area. A green manure would be sown primarily to improve the soil, maybe a nitrogen-fixing “manure-replacement” like alfalfa or clover, or just something to add a good bulk of organic matter. I’d call this fall rye a green manure cover crop… As long as the meaning’s clear, I guess it’s all just a choice of words! :)

]]> http://tinyfarmblog.com/rye-thrives/#comment-14423 VP Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:57:05 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/11/rye-thrives/#comment-14423 That looks very lush and verdant! Is cover crop your term for what we call green manure here - i.e. an interim crop to supress weeds that can then be dug in to increase soil fertility? That looks very lush and verdant! Is cover crop your term for what we call green manure here - i.e. an interim crop to supress weeds that can then be dug in to increase soil fertility?

]]> http://tinyfarmblog.com/rye-thrives/#comment-14365 Meg Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:11:06 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/11/rye-thrives/#comment-14365 That looks awesome. We want to start our own cover crop experiment next year mainly because of the benefits to the soil, but also because it just looks so darn nice! What a nice contrast to the gray and brown dreck that is typical at this time of year. That looks awesome. We want to start our own cover crop experiment next year mainly because of the benefits to the soil, but also because it just looks so darn nice! What a nice contrast to the gray and brown dreck that is typical at this time of year.

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