Month: April 2015

When it comes to a manure application on your cover crop, be creative. There are more options than you think.  Cover crop use often goes hand in hand with manure application. Crimson clover at full bloom, the stage at which we spread manure the first time around Manure nutrients can be captured quite well, preserved…

By Josh Baker Overgrazing of perennial grasses allows weeds such as low growing dutch white clover to takeover pastures In the transition zone, the hot, dry summer months are a critical time to ensure that appropriate perennial pasture management is utilized. Although it seems to happen too fast, in a short while many areas will…

Q: What should I plant this spring to reclaim goldenrod land, and what crop should I follow it with? The soil is acidic and low in nitrogen. I have also spread some wood ash. I hope to harvest the crop as haylage, and I am organic. – Customer, Central VT A: We recommend the Spring…