I would like to plant wheat as a cover crop (looking for an efficient way of providing more mulch for potatoes and pumpkins, winter squash.....so I am looking for a variety that would produce more stalks, and the amount of wheat grain does not matter........anyone have suggestions? Also, I have heard that barley as a cover really improves the production of carrots. So is there a local variety of barley to grow as a cover? Thanks! Susan Susan Houghton Giving Tree Farm 15433 Turner Road Lansing MI 48906 517-482-8885 [log in to unmask] Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html