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Practicing Resurrection: Using Green Manures on a Small Semi-Urban Homestead

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It will be a good learning experience to see how nutrient carryover from winter killed covers compares with spring killed covers. Using cover crops at this scale is fun, it’s an adventure, and it’s practical. Buckwheat grows wicked quick in the summer, making it a great cover between early summer and fall crops.

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