Last autumn, I carefully cultivated a heap of seeds within a new garden bed, only to hack these fledgling plants down to the ground just a few weeks later – and deliberately let them all rot away.

Have you ever considered using green manure to fertilize your garden and vegetable plots? This eco-friendly and totally organic method helps to maintain the organic matter in your soil, aids soil ...

COURTESY KIMO FRANKLIN A "green" manure plot with Sunn hemp, buckwheat, oats, peas, rye grass and clover plants that are about 6 weeks old. They will be ready to chop down in approximately two weeks.

One of the great pleasures in reading garden catalogues is discovering interesting new vegetables and flowers. The 1985 gardening season is no exception. The emphasis among the new varieties of ...

Announced in this year’s budget, the scheme aims to preserve soil health by distributing green manure seeds to two lakh farmers across the state. TIRUCHY: The Chief Minister's Mannuyir Kaathu Mannuyir ...

The Canada Organic Standard requires organic matter be generated on farm before off-farm nutrient sources can be used. We were curious about the impact of this standard on Canadian organic vegetable ...