*interesting. I never knew they ate bulb leaves. I have always had some form of lawn or grass,complete with worms and whatever else inhabits the patch. Buckwheat sounds like a great idea. I have natives buckwheats - several kinds. What about coreopsis. There are some tiny ones that have tons of seeds. * On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 8:26 AM Judy Glattstein via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Buckwheat is a quick maturing crop that, when dug into the soil improves > fertility. > > "It establishes quickly, which suppresses summer weeds . . . . Buckwheat > has a growing period of only 10–12 weeks and it can be grown in high > latitude or northern areas. Buckwheat is sometimes used as a "green > manure <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_manure/>", as a plant for > erosion <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erosion/> control, or as wildlife > cover and feed." > > "Buckwheat seeds will sprout in about a week, but the best time to sow > buckwheat seed is while temperatures are still cool (below 70 degrees > Fahrenheit) since warm weather can cause slow growth" > > On 1/17/2022 10:25 AM, Jim Barton via pbs wrote: > > Does anyone know of a cover crop that will attract White Crown Sparrows > better than my just coming up bulb leaves? Lettuce will work but I want to > eat that myself. My current solution is to use bird netting. > > > > Jim Barton > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe:<mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>