Comments | norcalgardening: Cover crops, winter garden

albionwood in norcalgardening

Cover crops, winter garden

Nov 10, 2007 20:02

Just checking to see if everyone else has their cover crops planted yet! I sowed some yesterday, just before today's rain, and am hoping to get more in next week if it dries out a little. Wish I'd been more on the ball - my neighbor got his in just before the October rain, so it's already 3 inches high. But if I get seed in before Thanksgiving ( Read more... )

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tactful_cactus November 12 2007, 22:24:02 UTC

May I ask what crops you planted? I'm new to this and was trying to research if there was anything I could plant this time a year and didn't have much success finding info.

albionwood November 17 2007, 03:06:27 UTC

Favas and peas! Several different kinds of each, interplanted fairly densely. The idea is the favas grow up and the peas use them for support. Small-seeded favas, also called Bell beans, grow really well, are cold-hardy enough for this climate, and the young beans are very tasty - better than Edamame, IMO. Large-seeded favas, like Broad Windsor or Aguadulce, are less cold-hardy but higher yielding ( ... )

Thank you! tactful_cactus November 17 2007, 19:25:36 UTC

That was very informative.