Off Grid Homesteading and Cover Crops in a No-Till Garden

Reader Contribution by Anna Hess And Mark Hamilton
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We lost power last week, which forced us into an Off Grid Homesteading mode

Getting the generator fixed was the first task so we could keep the blog going and the freezer frozen.

The golf cart batteries we bought recently for the yet uncompleted plug and play back up solar system supplied all the 12 volt, 5 watt, supplemental lighting we needed for night time reading.

Improving soil fertility, controlling weeds, and preventing erosion are some excellent reasons to use Cover Crops on a No-Till Garden. We’ve learned a few lessons over the years on a wide variety of cover crop choices that Anna has recently summed up in a new e-book called “Home Grown Humus:Cover Crops in a No-Till Garden

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