All Cover Crop Collection

PERFECT FOR MY 4X8 BEDS!

I was introduced to Sow Right Seeds by the March 20, 2024 episode of the No-Till Market Garden Podcast. I’ve been interested in gardening and agriculture in general for over forty years. Cover crops always sounded like a great idea—for farms and large gardens—but until that podcast episode (which I didn’t discover until recently), I had never thought that cover crops would make sense in my small garden. When I heard that Sow Right has a collection of cover crop seeds, and that each packet contains enough seeds for a 4-foot by 8-foot bed, I was sold—because I have several beds of that exact size. The All Cover Crop Collection contains nine packets. I understand that the different crops have varying requirements, but I like to experiment, so I mixed all the seeds together and then divided them up by weight into nine baggies. I sowed one bag of seeds in one of my beds on September 26, 2025. I realize that some of the cover crops will be killed this winter, but I figure that the dead plants will serve as mulch and nutrients for the surviving cover crops. At the beginning of March, I plan to crimp the cover crops and cover the bed with a tarp to kill the plants and let them start breaking down. Around mid-April, I’m going to set out my tomato plants in that bed. I won’t turn the soil first; I’ll just dig holes and set my plants right into the decayed cover crops. As for the remaining eight bags of seeds, I will sow those as crops finish in other beds. Cover crops that didn’t survive the winter will thrive at other times of the year. I’m excited because I know how beneficial cover crops are to the soil structure, my vegetables, and the soil organisms.