COVER CROP SEQUENCES TO SUPPORT POLLINATORS AND SOIL HEALTH
Date: 2024-09-04
Time: 4pm-6pm
Location:
65 Green Mountain Dr., South Burlington VT
Description: This growing season, ten Vermont diversified vegetable farms tried season long sequential plantings of flowering cover crops. Cover crops were allowed to bloom to provide pollinators with pollen and nectar forage in addition to supporting soil health goals. We will talk about this work, ideas for cover crop varieties plant, when to plant, and what is being learned about advantages and tradeoffs of this practice approach related to soil health and pollinators. Come explore if this might fit into your management practices and what opportunities there are to incorporating a similar approach on your farm.
Organized by: UVM Extension
To learn more, contact:
Becky Maden
rebecca.maden@uvm.edu 802.656.7585