June 29, 2010 - Sarah T
Recently, on our Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply Facebook page, there was a request made for more information about our cover crops. Being a newbie to the farming and gardening world, I was left…
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November 2, 2009 - Janice
Question: Hello, I’m starting an organic micro-farm in northern Indiana. The first season is going to be the spring of 2010. I’m wanting to plant a cover crop and a friend of mine that…
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October 13, 2009 - GrowOrganic
Cover crops cover a lot of ground. They hold, shield and replenish soil. They also choke out weeds and attract beneficial insects. Growing grasses, oats, vetches, buckwheats, peas, beans, mustards and…
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September 29, 2009 - Amber
A PVFS Customer Question - Staff response Question: Howdy, we live in the North Cascades Mtns. on the east side of the crest and are wondering if the Organic Soil Builder Mix would be appropriate for this…
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September 21, 2009 - Autumn from Peaceful Valley
by Amber TIppett, PV Store Manager & Willow Hein, FreshmanFarmer & PV employee “Cover Crop” is a general term referring to a crop grown to cover and protect the soil. The term “Green…
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June 4, 2009 - Amber
A PVFS customer email - with staff response. Question: I have made a raised bed garden past month. The soil needs preparing for Spring. What do you recommend? I would like to get something…
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May 5, 2009 - Sarah
Why Cover Crop? 1. To provide erosion control. 2. To build the soil’s organic matter and humus content and improve the structure. 3. Increase the microbial activity and biomass in the topsoil and provide…
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January 14, 2009 - San Diego Reader
“I could break a Mack truck’s windshield with some of these grocery-store tomatoes,” griped my gardener friend Shawn. “I hate buying produce at the grocery store. This is San Diego; I should…
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October 3, 2008 - Amber
From our limited perspectives on time, it is easy to forget, that humans have not always been farmers and gardeners. As we plant our fall crops, just before this year’s harvest festival, let us…
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September 26, 2008 - Willow
The mornings have been cool, and I’m finally sleeping through the night without waking up in a torpor from heat induced dreams. Thus I know that fall is here, and I can plant cover crop in my…
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