Have you ever considered using green manure to fertilize your garden and vegetable plots? This eco-friendly and totally organic method helps to maintain the organic matter in your soil, aids soil ...

You could even sow green manures in empty raised beds to provide a layer of protection from the elements and enrich the soil.

My green manure garden two months after sowing. (Supplied) Then I added sifted homemade compost and biochar that I'd soaked in worm leachate for a few hours.

If plants start to flower before this, cut off the tops and dig in. Leave the green manure to decompose in the soil for up to four weeks before growing vegetables. Top Five to try ...

Green manure is a plant crop designed to be grown and dug back into the soil to improve its structure. Fionnuala Fallon. Sat Sept 01 2018 - 00:00.

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Q – I've got a small vegetable patch. Is it too late to plant some green manure now? And if so, what sort of time should I plant some? (12’49”) ...

No doubt it is my status as an enthusiastic omnivore, but I only recently became aware of the veganic gardening movement. I contacted John Walker, a British gardener who last year published a book on ...

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