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Take up all the parking spaces with Cover Crop: Rye & Vetch at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on May 16, 2021. Posted in Farms, Gardens. No Comments on Take up all the parking spaces with Cover Crop: Rye & Vetch at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from video: Courtney Brooke: Good morning! Happy Beltane! Remember all that rye? It was like taller than my head. This is all it there in the background. It got mowed down. The awesome thing about this rye is that it’ a cover crop. So the cover crop here is rye and vetch and they grow...

Mulching with Leon from Full Circle Farm at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on May 15, 2021. Posted in Farms, Gardens, Permaculture. No Comments on Mulching with Leon from Full Circle Farm at Earthaven Ecovillage

(Transcript from video) Courtney Brooke: Good Morning Leon. What are you doing? Leon: We are mulching. You take the cover crop and we’re spreading it out so no weeds will grow through. And no sun will hit the ground. And we’re gonna move this greenhouse onto it. Then plant some ginger. Courtney...

Cover Crop Conditions Soil, turning clay into black soil with Leon at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on May 13, 2021. Posted in Farms, Gardens, Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Cover Crop Conditions Soil, turning clay into black soil with Leon at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from Video: Starting with Clay, Working with Cover Crop Courtney Brooke: Okay Leon what’s happening? Leon: We’re gonna just show you what this is doing to the soil. What this cover crop method is…..Yeah, think of it as a massage. This is massaging the soil and all of...