BUCKWHEAT: IT’S NOT just for pancakes anymore. While pancakes are one of the finest culinary pleasures humankind has devised, buckwheat is a much more important crop than it typically receives credit ...

Washington State University researchers are looking for farmers with more than 20 acres to experiment with buckwheat. The crop can benefit a total farm system, growers say, but the Washington Grain ...

Mid-Missouri's long growing season allows us to have several plantings. Some are planted in the spring (brassicas, greens, cabbage, bush beans, etc.) and can be planted again in the fall. But what do ...

PLYMOUTH NOTCH — Buckwheat used to be called the “lazy farmer’s crop.” It would grow anywhere, the soil didn’t have to be that fertile, and farmers could plant it in June and still harvest a good crop ...

You may have heard the saying, “nature abhors a vacuum.” Although it applies to many situations, farmers and gardeners have a unique understanding. They know that leaving a plot of land open ...

When I think of buckwheat, I first think of the dark, thin pancakes my grandfather used to make once in a while. They tasted weird but good. Buckwheat has been a diet staple world-wide for almost ...

I’m a big fan of cover crops on the farm and in the garden. Cover crops are not harvested. Instead they’re used for other purposes, such as preventing erosion or improving soil tilth. One of my ...

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For an Earth-friendly garden, keep a succession of plants in the soil by planting cover crops. These are plants grown to improve the soil rather than for harvest. I prepare the soil for the next year ...