Comments on: A Crimson Clover Cover Crop

By: Bill Brikiatis

Bill Brikiatis — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:04:06 +0000

I use white clover if it’s early enough in the fall. It’s easy to find seeds in many gardening centers. Other than being cold hardy, do you think there’s other advantages to crimson clover over other kinds of clover?
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By: Willi

Willi — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:41:54 +0000

Hi, Judy–You’ll love crimson clover! Johnny’s Select Seeds, Fedco Seeds, and Territorial Seed Company all sell crimson clover. Just look online, and if you can, buy clover seed that is already inoculated with rhizobium bacteria. Good luck!

By: Judy Long

Judy Long — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:00:15 +0000

I live in Western North Carolina and would like to plant a winter cover crop. Is there an online site where I may purchase Crimson Clover cover crop seeds?

By: Willi

Willi — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:43:40 +0000

My garden has a nice blanket of snow on it, too. So pretty! Crimson clover typically survives snow just fine!

By: Juliana

Juliana — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:16:51 +0000

This is our first year gardening, and we tried both crimson clover and fava beans. How does it fare in the snow? Currently our garden is covered with snow, but I think the plants are old enough to survive now.

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By: Willi

Willi — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:44:11 +0000

C–Glad to hear you liked the clover last spring. I’ve had good luck in the past scalping it with a weed trimmer and then cutting cookie sheet size rectangles out with a sharp spade and flipping them over. Did you maybe grow red clover? I hear it has a pretty hefty root system.

Laura–Thanks for your nice comment on my photo. I’m glad to know that I’m not the only one who thinks soil is lovely!

Austin–how cool you got weeds in your CSA! I actually don’t mind eating lambsquarters in moderation. It look really lovely paired up with arugula and spinach. I’ve also been eating purslane, which grows abundantly in my garden!

LadyJayPee–I think it’s getting a little late for planting in the PNW, as its getting to the time of year when the soil periodically freezes. My first crop of clover was eaten too by my chickens!!

By: LadyJayPee

LadyJayPee — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:05:30 +0000

Is it too late to still plant it in the Pac NW? I made the mistake of planting some a little earlier this fall that is in an unfenced area and I think the deer got to it! It’s still trying to grow though! Thanks for the great info, as usual!

By: Austin

Austin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:18:34 +0000

When I lived in Virginia, one of my CSAs actually picked their lambsquarters and distributed it along with salad greens. It’s actually quite tasty. However, I think I’d rather have flowers in the spring than a stringy weed to eat.
Great post!

By: laura

laura — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:13:38 +0000

I always enjoy seeing your photos, but that top one is just really, really lovely to me.

I wish I had gotten my own act together and tried this myself when it was warmer. Next year, perhaps.