Cover Crops for North Dakota Gardens
In the Fargo area, cover crops go into ground that has been frost-free for roughly two to three weeks, once soil temperature rather than air temperature…
When to Pick Summer Squash in Colorado — and What to Do With a Glut
In Colorado, a summer squash is ready when it stops feeling like a vegetable and starts feeling like a chore: pick it too late and you’ve got a baseball…
The Best Cover Crops for Delaware
Winter cereal rye, crimson clover, and hairy vetch are the strongest full-season choices for Delaware gardens and farms, thanks to a coldest-month mean…
When to Pick Summer Squash in California — and What to Do With a Glut
Pick summer squash in California when the skin turns glossy rather than dull and a fingernail slides in without resistance, usually four to six inches…
When to Sow Cover Crops in Connecticut
Connecticut’s fall cover-crop window falls between roughly six and eight weeks before the first fall frost, which lands between October 28 and November…
The Best Cover Crops for Connecticut
Winter rye is the one cover crop that works almost everywhere in Connecticut, in every part of the state and in nearly every kind of garden.
When to Sow Cover Crops in Colorado
Cool-season cover crops like winter rye, hairy vetch, and field peas go in the ground here in two windows: right after the last spring frost, which lands…
The Best Cover Crops for Colorado
Cereal rye and hairy vetch top the list for most of Colorado, thanks to their tolerance for hard winters.
When to Sow Cover Crops in California
Coastal and Southern California don’t freeze in an average year, so cover crop timing there runs on heat and water, not frost.
Cover Crops for North Carolina Gardens
North Carolina gardeners can start cover crops as early as mid-March in the coastal plain, into April in the Piedmont, and as late as May in the higher…