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Cover Crops for the Garden

Written by Amy Freidig

Continuing Education Hours: Claim 2 hours if you watch the video, do the readings and complete the quiz.

WATCH: Cover Crops for the Garden

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Presented by Claire Strader, Dane County Extension Organic Vegetable Educator
Video is ~30 minutes long
Cover Crops video on YouTube

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Read these three articles about different aspects of cover crops in the small scale garden.

Garden Scale Cover Crops (note sheet complements the lecture)
Nitrogen in the Environment: Nitrogen Fixation
Bees and Cover Crops: Using flowering cover crops for native pollinator conservation

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Cover Crops for the Garden

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