Green manures are ideal whenever a patch of land is going to be free of crops for six weeks or more, and they are particularly useful to vegetable gardeners and allotment holders. Although many ...

Farmers use cover crops to build and protect soil for the next season. When tilled into the soil, it becomes green manure, ...

How can manure be green? It’s all about what purpose it serves in the garden, which is to add nutrients and improve soil structure. To that end, green manure simply means growing seedlings in an ...