Growing a cover crop of green manure is an incredibly effective way to increase soil structure, biology and nutrient levels. However, before you go planting green manure everywhere, make sure planting a cover crop of green manure is the right thing to do based on your short and long term garden goals.

Here is an additional video I did on how to prepare a food forest floor using a green manure, in this instance Black Oats, which was sown prior to the beginning of the urban food forest - [ Ссылка ]

Video timeline:

00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - Why do you need to plant a green manure cover crop?
01:12 - Why I planted a cover crop of barley as a green manure
06:33 - How do you plant and sow green manure?
08:29 - What types of green manure can you plant?
09:19 - Green manure cover crop summary

Why would you need to consider growing a cover crop of green manure?
- If you have poor soil structure, such a very sandy soil or clay soil
- Your soil lacks sufficient density to hold moisture and nutrients
- You need to add nutrients back into the soil, naturally

When it comes to growing a green manure cover crop in your food forest, raised bed, or vegetable patch, you need to be aware of some potential downfalls. Firstly, you will lose a full growing season. If you have very productive beds, plan for a drop in production as the green manure will require a full season (winter or summer) to grow and break down.

What types of green manures can you plant?
- Barley
- Oats
- Vetch
- Clover
- Alfafa
- Buckwheat
- Beans (broad beans for winter bean cover crop)

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