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A five-year crop rotation cycle with different plants, soil layers, and arrows indicating nutrient flow.

Crop Rotation Ideas

Learn what crop rotation is and why it is important. Practice some of the methods you learn in your garden or farm. Guidebook, Handout/worksheet by Sandelis Miller, LSI Global Greens. ...

A grid of 9 plant families with correponding ethnic vegetables, including roselle, bitter melon, and african eggplant.

Plant Families for Crop Rotation

Use this chart to identify plants within their family types. You can better understand crop rotation by choosing different plant types versus the same. A handout/worksheet by Karl.a Conrad, ...

Electric fence protecting a patch of okra

How to Set up An Electric Fence

Vegetable farmers use electric fences to keep animals out of crop fields. Livestock farmers use electric fences to keep animals inside the pasture and manage rotational grazing programs. Learn the ...

A field covered with a silage tarp, a large black plastic sheet that blocks out light and moisture.

Using A Silage Tarp to Prepare Weed-Free Field

Farmers use silage tarps in a cover crop rotation, to help organic matter decompose quickly. Learn to use a silage tarp to cover the soil, incorporate crop residues, and prevent weeds. A how...

Images of three cover crop species growing in the field: Buckwheat, Sorgum Sudan Grass, and Cowpeas.

Cover Crops 1: Which Cover Crops Will You Use?

Learn how to use cover crops in vegetable production and other crop rotation schedules. This lesson covers three major types of cover crops (mustards, legumes, and ‘other’), and the potential b...

Flashcards displaying five crops, including beans, clover, eggplant okra, and carrot

Plant Families: Match + Learn Game

Plan crop rotations by plant families, because it helps keep plants healthy. Plants in the same family attract the same pests and diseases, but rotating different families reduces these issues....