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Selected grains and legumes are used as 'green manure'.  They are planted in the fall and plowed under in the spring to give the soild a natural boost of nitrogen and compost.  They can also be used as nutritious forage for animals.   Also listed here are grasses used primarily as forage crops for animals.

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Alfalfa -  Alfalfa is a relatively cold tolerant legume with good nitrogen-fixing capabilities and medium shade tolerance.  Widely used as a green manure and a forage crop.  Seeding rate: 10lb per acre

#B10-1139     10 lb  $45.50
#B25-1139     25 lb  $80.69
#B50-1139     50 lb  $142.29

Annual Ryegrass - Fat growing grass that covers quickly.  Can be used for forage, lawns or winter cover.  Seeding rate: 40lb per acre

#B10-1140     10 lb  $9.50
#B25-1140     25 lb  $33.69
#B50-1140     50 lb  $59.29

Creeping Red Fescue - Grass variety valued for its shade tolerance.  Good grazing and erosion control crop.  Seeding rate: 40lb  per acre

#B10-1142     10 lb  $30.00
#B25-1142     25 lb  $52.00
#B50-1142     50 lb  $88.50

Mammoth Red Clover - A short lived perennial adapted to a wide variety of soils.  Prefers moderate summer temperatures and rainfall.  Most often used as a hay crop and can be cut two or three times in a year, but can also be used as a green manure.  Fast growing with limited cold hardiness.  Seeding rate: 20lb per acre

#B1-1136     1lb  $2.15

Oats -   Fast growing crop that can be grown any time of year for forage or green manure.   Seeding rate: 90lb per acre

#B1-2510     1lb  $1.50

Orchardgrass -  A perennial cool-season grass with good shade tolerance.  Prefers a well drained soil, but is very adaptable. Used often as an underplanting in orchards, where the ground receives little sun, it can be plowed under to provide green manure.  Also used in hay mixes with legumes and clovers.  Seeding rate: 15lb per acre

#B10-1144     10 lb  $40.00
#B25-1144     25 lb  $40.00
#B50-1144     50 lb  $116.29

Horse Pasture Mix-  A blend of grasses for grazing horses.  30% Orchardgrass, 15% Bluegrass, 20% Climax Timothy, 30% Annual Ryegrass and 5% Ladino Clover.  Seeding rate: 50lb per acre

#B1-1145     1lb  $1.80

Timothy - A perennial cool season grass unsuited to drought conditions. Most often used as a forage crop for hay, alone or mixed with legumes.   Seeding rate: 12lb per acre

#B1-2508     1lb  $2.50

White Dutch clover - A short- lived but fast-growing perennial that is primarily used as a pasture grass, but can be sown in orchards and vegetable gardens between rows to create a dense, weed choking living mulch.  Once the growing season has ended, it can then be tilled under to provide nitrogen for the soil.  Good nitrogen fixative.  Not drought tolerant.  Seeding rate: 10lbs per acre

#B10-1137     10lb  $60.00
#B25-1137     25lb  $100.00
#B50-1137     50lb  $186.00

Winter wheat - Good winter cover crop.  Plow under in the spring for green manure or allow it to grow to maturity and harvest the grain.   Seeding rate: 140lb per acre

#B1-2509     1lb  $1.50

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