Basic Garden Cover Crop Mix

Basic is our all-purpose cover crop mix for rebuilding tired garden soil. Designed for home gardens, it helps suppress weeds, improve soil structure, recycle nutrients, and build organic matter, creating healthier soil that supports stronger plants season after season. 

No single cover crop can do everything. That's why Basic combines fodder radish, hairy vetch, crimson clover, and white and brown mustards. Each species has a job to do. Radish helps break up compacted soil, legumes naturally add nitrogen, and mustards produce quick growth that protects bare ground and helps suppress weeds. Together, they work as a team to restore soil from the ground up.

🌱 Planting Window

• 🍂 Best: Late Summer to Early Fall (August to September)
• 🌸 Also Good: Early Spring (March to April)
• ☀️ Not Recommended: During the hottest part of summer unless irrigated.

🌼 Best For

• Vegetable gardens
• Raised beds
• Flower gardens
• Orchard rows
• New garden sites
• Seasonal garden resets 

🎯 Solves These Problems

• 🌱 Compacted or tired soil
• 🌾 Persistent weeds
• 💧 Poor soil structure
• 🍂 Low organic matter
• 🌎 Declining soil fertility

❤️ Why Gardeners Love It

• Establishes quickly across a wide range of conditions.
• Helps suppress weeds.
• Improves soil structure and organic matter.
• Supports beneficial soil microbes.
• Creates healthier, more productive gardens.

🌱 Farm Wisdom

Every garden grows on its own schedule. Use these planting windows as a guide and adjust for your local climate and growing season.