Here are some pictures of planting a soybean cover crop after sweetcorn. The soybeans add nitrogen to the soil while growing, and organic matter when I mow and till them in the fall.
This picture shows where I planted soybeans 3 weeks ago.------------------------And here it is today.
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Here are the cornstalks of my later planting.
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The same area after mowing.
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The same area after tilling, before I sow soybeans.
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Upper right side is green beans that I have picked twice. Strawberries, tomatoes, and more green beans behind that.
Upper left is green beans that I planted after I dug potatoes. They should be ready to pick in 2 or 3 weeks.
Lower left is tomatoes (somewhere in there). It looks more like a really good crop of weeds with a few tomatoes in it.
I am going to use plastic to keep the weeds down next year.
Upper right side is green beans that I have picked twice. Strawberries, tomatoes, and more green beans behind that.
Upper left is green beans that I planted after I dug potatoes. They should be ready to pick in 2 or 3 weeks.
Lower left is tomatoes (somewhere in there). It looks more like a really good crop of weeds with a few tomatoes in it.
I am going to use plastic to keep the weeds down next year.