Planting edible beans into winter rye has environmental and potential yield benefits, a North Dakota State University Extension study said. The rye reduces soil erosion, suppresses weeds and soaks ...

David Karki of SDSU underlined that planting cover crops like rye is not so much about big yield increases, but it will make the land more tolerant of fluctuations in weather.

Here’s how to plant your cover crop to save your soil from the harsh winter. What is a cover crop? The name is an easy giveaway, but it’s a crop that covers the land for protection.

After sweeping out and washing down with garden disinfectant, you are ready to bring potted chrysanthemums and precious ...

Cover crops can prevent soil erosion, rebalance the soil, and keep your garden healthy through the winter.

This can be prevented by planting cereal rye, before those winter annuals germinate. Early October-planted cereal rye will take all the sunshine and fall rain it can get and choke out the less ...

Just by looking at my winter rye, I can see that not much has changed since winter started. After planting in late October it germinated and grew a few inches until colder winter temperatures ...

A: Winter cover crops, particularly winter rye, are seeds that are planted after the garden has been cleared and cleaned of the current season's growth. The practice of planting winter cover crops ...

The soybeans were direct-seeded into a rye cover crop, which was planted last August and terminated with glyphosate about 10 days before spring soybean planting.

We hope that in the future even more people will skip planting winter rye so that our precious and limited water resources can be used for growing food crops instead of lawns.

It's the season to plant ryegrass -- that time of year that used to be punctuated by the sweet scent of steer manure top dressing on lawns all over town.