Why have we chosen to plant a portion of the garden with crimson clover and not something edible?
Crimson clover is planted in the garden as a cover crop. Cover crops are an essential part of any vegetable garden and perform and number of different tasks:
- Produce nitrogen which helps bring a natural balance back to the soil post harvest
- Attracts beneficial insects
- Aids in soil erosion
- Adds organic matter back to the soil
- Looks nice too, don't you think?
Corn is especially hard on soil, and if you are familiar with last summer's garden, then you know we had corn planted here in the past. (
See last August's entry.) The crimson clover will help restore the nutrients lost growing corn last summer so we can grow more this summer. It's easy and looks fantastically lush!!
CLOVER PATCH IN FEBRUARY:
They weren't kidding about the clover part! You can see where a creature, we're guessing a bunny, chomped off the baby red flowers back in February! Do you see the headless stalks? I bet they tasted great!
CLOVER PATCH IN APRIL:
Aren't the fuzzy red flowers beautiful?
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment