Eight reasons to grow cover crops:
  1. To protect bare soil from being washed or blown away.
  2. To keep nutrients from being washed out of your soil and to add even more when using our nitrogen fixers.
  3. To loosen the soil deeper than you can or would want to dig.
  4. To increase organic matter, improve soil structure, drainage, and aeration.
  5. To control weeds.
  6. To help beneficial insects and microorganisms overwinter.
  7. To increase yields and break pest and disease cycles.
  8. To grow your own mulch and compost material.