permaculture

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In a message dated 4/22/02 7:04:37 PM US Eastern Standard Time, 
genest@together.net writes:

> f you put in a fast growing cover crop ( I love buckwheat)
>  you'll shade out errant weed seeds and increase fertility, and give 
yourself
>  more mulch which will increase fertility which diminishes the need for
>  "weeds" to colonize anyway...works like a charm.....

Question on buckwheat -- how long after last frost date should it be planted? 
Last year we had a late frost that knocked out the first buckwheat planting 
and the second planting about 3 weeks later never did take off. 

What recommendations do you have on use of buckwheat as a cover crop ?

Sara in IN