garden cover crop seeds Garden Summer Rest – Green Cover

garden cover crop seeds Garden Summer Rest – Green CoverUnder intensive production, garden soils can quickly become depleted of nutrients that help grow the delicious, nutrient dense foods we crave. The Garden Summer Rest mix is designed for this exact scenario. Plant this mix during a summer rest period to capitalize on the best growing days of the year and boost soil fertility and suppress weeds. This diverse mix of summer legumes, grasses, and broadleaves builds soil health and structure while putting

Under intensive production, garden soils can quickly become depleted of nutrients that help grow the delicious, nutrient dense foods we crave. The Garden Summer Rest mix is designed for this exact scenario. Plant this mix during a summer rest period to capitalize on the best growing days of the year and boost soil fertility and suppress weeds. 

This diverse mix of summer legumes, grasses, and broadleaves builds soil health and structure while putting fertility back into intensively managed gardens. The mix includes several nitrogen-fixing legumes such as cowpeas, sunn hemp, mung beans, and balady berseem. A diverse array of flowering species like buckwheat, phacelia, and sunflower create a diversity hotspot that’s perfect for pollinators. Pearl millet, flax, and okra round out this excellent green manure mix. 

Your garden will thrive after chopping and dropping or incorporating this mix into the soil.

Use this mix to...

• build soil health and structure
• suppress weeds during summer rest
• fix nitrogen and add fertility
• support pollinators and diversity

Ideal for...

• market gardeners
• homesteaders
  

These seeds are non-GMO and not treated with pesticides.