• Scott Latham at Sauvie Island Organics seeding cover crop with a belly mounted drop spreader followed by a Cultipacker.
  • A well used "belly grinder," also known as a bag type broadcast seeder. The crank on the left spins the disk in front. The latch on the right rear sets the seeding rate. A shoulder strap holds the bag on as the operator walks the field.
  • The plastic hopper type broadcast spreader on the left holds about 2 times the amount of seed as the bag type spreader on the right but basically functions the same way. It also has larger gears that will last longer than the bag type.
  • A grain drill. Separate seed boxes allow seeding of a grain and legume at the same time.
  • A grain drill. Separate seed boxes allow seeding of a grain and legume at the same time.
  • Rye, vetch and fava cover crop with fava in bloom in late April at Sauvie Island Organics
  • Rye, vetch and fava cover crop with fava in bloom in late April at Sauvie Island Organics
    • Cover crop trial plots at Sauvie Island Organics in March 2008. Nick Andrews at OSU Extension ran trials of many cover crops on a number of farms in the Northwest to develop his cover crop Nitrogen contribution calculator which is available free online.
    • Rye and vetch germinating in early October. The cover crop was broadcast seeded at a rate of 100lbs per acre and worked in with a rototiller without the PTO engaged.
    • Mature rye with vetch just starting to flower at the end of May 2011 at Slow Hand Farm in Oregon. Overwintered turnips are flowering in the background.
    • Cover crops seeded with a grain drill at Foxglove Farm on Salt Spring Island, BC
    • Sudan used as a cover crop between squash rows
    • Sudan cover crop in July next to a planting of potatoes