Researchers have shown that a plot of land on the campus of Auburn University that has been maintained by a century old practice of sustainable farming can produce similar cotton crops to those using ...
We know what you’re thinking: what is crop rotation? Well, it’s as simple as it sounds. Crop rotation is the practice of rotating crops belonging to specific groups around a vegetable bed from year to ...
Dakota Lakes Research farm in Pierre, South Dakota, utilizes multiple crop rotations. Dwayne Beck offers tips for producers when adding new rotations to their farms. The Dakota Lakes Research Farm at ...
Crop rotation is a planned sequence of different crop types, such as spring-seeded cereals, fallseeded cereals, oilseeds, pulses, perennial legumes and other perennial species. Rotations also include ...
One of the rules of good organic gardening is to rotate plant families from one season to the next, as best you can, so related crops are not planted in the same spot more often than every three years ...
Few consider moving perennial vegetables when rotating crops in the vegetable garden. Asparagus, for example, can be produced ...
A YouTube video of a home gardener caught my attention recently. The gardener said that crop rotation (putting vegetables in different spots each time you plant to reduce disease and insect problems) ...