5 lbs Cover Crop Cereal Winter Rye Seed

Description

5lb cover crop rye seed
Provides organic matter to the soil and suppresses weed growth.  Cold weather tolerant, prevents soil erosion and improves water retention.
Covers 1,500 sq ft'
Some benefits of planting cover crops - slows erosion, restores nutrients, reduces soil compaction,
provides a natural means of suppressing soil diseases, pests. It can also serve as a mulch or cover to assist in suppressing weed growth, c
an provide high-quality material for grazing livestock or haying and can provide food and habitat for wildlife, beneficial insects, and pollinators
Also - to be noted! Our most popular Ebay store item!
Some also call Cereal Cover Crop Rye - "Rye berries", they have dozens of uses. They can be used for grinding into flour for cooking, making bread, soups and stews, brewing beer, bird and animal feed or used as a substrate for mushroom growing. You can also sprout it and grow grass. Rye grass is used as a cover crop for your garden during the winter, cats love to eat it and it is safe for pets. it can be juiced like wheat grass for a nutritious smoothie additive. The internet is full of countless uses and recipes for rye grain. Because of its long shelf life, if stored properly it will keep for years and can used as an emergency food source. (Note: this is not the same as perennial ryegrass seed or annual ryegrass seed, this is a cereal grain rye)