{"product_id":"peaceful-valley-cover-crop-grazer-lb","title":"Peaceful Valley Cover Crop Grazer (lb)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eVersatile Cover Crop and Forage Blend\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeaceful Valley Cover Crop Grazer is a diverse cool-season blend created to provide productive ground cover, abundant plant material, and forage potential in a single planting. Combining Frostmaster peas, faba beans, beardless barley, Forerunner triticale, Trophy rapa, and Sub Zero kale, this mix brings together legumes, cereal grains, and broadleaf brassicas with complementary growth habits. The result is a vigorous planting that helps keep soil covered, maintain living roots, build biomass, and add greater plant diversity to pastures, fields, orchards, and other agricultural areas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe cereal grains provide structure and dependable vegetative growth throughout the stand. Beardless barley establishes readily and contributes fibrous roots and useful biomass, while Forerunner triticale adds vigorous cool-season growth and helps create a dense canopy. Together, these grasses help protect exposed soil, compete with weeds, and contribute organic material when the planting is mowed, grazed, or incorporated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrostmaster peas and faba beans add legume diversity and can form beneficial relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria when properly inoculated. Trophy rapa and Sub Zero kale complement the grasses and legumes with leafy brassica growth, expanding the mix's forage potential while increasing above- and below-ground plant diversity. The combination creates multiple layers of growth and rooting patterns that make the blend useful for both soil stewardship and seasonal grazing applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUse Peaceful Valley Cover Crop Grazer in pastures, rotational grazing areas, fallow fields, orchards, or other sites where productive seasonal vegetation and soil coverage are priorities. Depending on the management goal, the stand can be grazed, mowed, or incorporated as green manure. When soil improvement is the primary objective, terminate or incorporate the planting before mature seed develops to return plant material to the soil and help prepare the area for the next crop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more exclusive blends designed for soil building, seasonal ground cover, forage, and diverse planting needs, explore our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.groworganic.com\/collections\/new-cover-crop-seed-blends-exclusively-at-peaceful-valley\"\u003ePeaceful Valley cover crop seed blends\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eKey Benefits\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides productive cool-season ground cover and forage\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCombines legumes, cereal grains, and brassicas for greater plant diversity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProduces useful biomass for grazing, mowing, or green manure\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHelps protect exposed soil and reduce erosion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHelps compete with weeds by occupying open ground\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaintains diverse living roots during the growing season\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSuitable for pastures, rotational grazing areas, fallow fields, orchards, and other agricultural plantings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInoculant:\u003c\/strong\u003e For effective nodulation and nitrogen fixation, treat the pea and faba bean components with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.groworganic.com\/products\/pea-vetch-lentil-inoculant-treats-100-lb\"\u003ePea Vetch Lentil Inoculant (treats 100 lb)\u003c\/a\u003e. For smaller plantings, use \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.groworganic.com\/products\/garden-combination-mix-inoculant\"\u003eGarden Combination Mix Inoculant (treats 8 lb)\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.groworganic.com\/products\/garden-combination-mix-inoculant-treats-50-lbs\"\u003eGarden Combination Mix Inoculant (treats 50 lb)\u003c\/a\u003e. Plant promptly after inoculation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSuggested Planting Guidance\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eApplication Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Drill 60–80 lb per acre; broadcast 75–100 lb per acre.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlanting Depth:\u003c\/strong\u003e ½–1 inch when the mix is planted together. If using a drill with a separate small-seed box, place the rapa and kale near ½ inch and the larger grains and legumes ¾–1½ inches deep.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlanting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Late summer through early fall for cool-season grazing and cover; early spring is an alternative where fall establishment or overwintering is unreliable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese are suggested starting rates based on comparable cool-season grain, legume, and brassica mixtures. Adjust for seedbed, equipment, rainfall, climate, and grazing goals.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContains:\u003c\/strong\u003e Frostmaster Peas, Faba Beans, Beardless Barley, Forerunner Triticale, Trophy Rapa, and Sub Zero Kale\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weaver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44020769980529,"sku":"SLL411","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/1391\/9089\/files\/SLL411PVCoverCropGrazer.png?v=1786717260","url":"https:\/\/www.groworganic.com\/products\/peaceful-valley-cover-crop-grazer-lb","provider":"Grow Organic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}