It’s important to add a cover crop in between veggie crops. The cover crop should be a nitrogen fix for the soil. We use Austrian Winter Peas in the Winter and Cowpeas in the warm weather. It is equally important to turn in the cover crop before it goes to seed as, once it flowers the plants will begin to deplete the soil of nitrogen instead of adding it.

Crop rotation is also a must. We planted corn where the sweet potatoes had been, sweet potatoes where the red and white potatoes had been, and red nd white potatoes where the corn had been.

Happy Soil-Building!

T.