Yesterday I mowed and mulched all the weeds and grass on the back pigs field and John sowed the cover crop.
This one is oats and red clover. Oats grows fast and is described as a great healer for the land. Red clover is a legume, with nitrogen fixing qualities, again good for the soil.
The ground is never tilled but the seeder leaves lovely patterns.
I asked John to sow thickly as I am fighting thistle in this field.
It is cool again this morning.
Time to get up.
Celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
34 responses to “COVER CROPS”
Thanks for sharing this interesting slice of life. Wishing you a nice week.
It sounds like a pretty peaceful time at the farmy, Celi. I never had the desire to send the post cards I bought from you years ago; they are among my favorite pieces of photography of farm creatures.
Oh yes! That first set. I never did that again you know. I still have piles of them.
Good to hear the ground isn’t tilled ….