Cover Crops

Controlling Garden Weeds From a gardener’s viewpoint, weeds are any plants that insist on growing where you don’t want them to. Garden weeds thrive on the constantly changing soil conditions in gardens as we till, plant, weed, and replant...

Grow Your Soil! - Harness the Power of the Soil Food Web to Create Your Best Garden Ever Every gardener knows that the key to a good garden is rich, fertile soil. But that’s only the beginning, which begs the question of what is soil, exactly?...

Cereal Rye An annual grain used for erosion prevention, soil structure and drainage improvement, adding organic matter to soil, weed suppression and excess nutrient scavenger. Rye is one of the hardiest cereals, able to be planted later in fall and...

Cereal Oats An annual grain used to suppress weeds, prevent erosion, scavenge excess nutrients, add biomass and as a nurse crop. Cereal Oats are an extremely reliable fall cover crop that provides quick, weed suppressing biomass, scavenge excess soil...

Hairy Vetch An annual legume used to fix nitrogen, suppress weeds, loosen and condition topsoil and reduce erosion while improving soil organic matter and carbon content. Hairy vetch is almost unsurpassed as a spring cover crop for mulch and root mass...

Crimson Clover An annual legume used as a nitrogen fixer, soil improvement/building, erosion prevention, ground cover and for forage.  It has rapid and robust growth, making it ideal for early spring nitrogen fixing or summer to fall weed...

Buckwheat  An annual grain providing a quick soil cover and stabilization, weed suppressor, pollinator and beneficial insect nectar source, topsoil loosener and low fertility soil rejuvenator. Buckwheat has been used extensively in organic...

Japanese Minowase Radish/Daikon Radish An early pure-white tender roots are 3 in. in diameter and to 1 or 2 ft. long. Sweet, white crispy flesh with a unique flavor. Fresh favorite in Chinatown markets. Sow in summer or fall. The radish is...

Marigold Nematode Control Mix These charming, bright and easy growing flowers bloom all summer long while working hard just underneath the soil improving the fertility and reducing destructive inhabitants. An effective for control of root knot and other...

Garden Cover Up Seed Mix - the Secret to Amazing Gardens Planting a properly selected cover crop mix can seem like magic for your garden. Weeds are pushed to the edges, soil fertility greatly improves, organic matter and carbon content increases, air...

Soil Builder Seed Mix We’ve collaborated with our grower in developing a cover crop seed mix specifically focused on building and improving your garden soil. Each variety contributes their own unique advantages to this mix. We looked closely at...