The above field has been a long time in the making, and we’re eager to see how it performs this fall. It’s the first of our fields to complete a full fallow rotation of cover crops with a brief stint in rye and vetch and over a year in nitrogen-fixing red clover.
By the end of June, we’ll begin filling it up with our fall kale, broccoli, cauliflower, and other nutrient-hungry veggies. If the clover does its job, we should be able to feed these crops without the addition of much bought-in fertilizer.