• By Jeffrey Cates
• Posted Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Cover crops - Incubator Farm

The Spring of 2022 began with the Memorial Industrial CDC serving as the host site for the N.C. Cooperative Extension's: Forsyth County Urban Farm School. It's been a good year of reestablishment. On a recent farm visit, Horticulture Agent Celine Richard and Dr. Bradshaw talked about the logistics of farming: irrigation, overwintering strawberries, winter crops and soil health. Stepping into the doorway of their new high tunnel, the temperature is noticeably warmer. The aroma of the soil is concentrated. There are two inch shoots scattered across the red earth's face. The first topic of conversation is cover crops.

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