maybe a primer on them, how can a newbie like me make the right choices about which to use?

The most common choices and the pros and cons thereof.

Odd choices that are surprisingly effective.

Cover crops require a fair amount of extra seed. And yes some seed is cheap, but what might a person grow that can produce lots of extra seed to use in cover cropping. I know this context/climate dependent. I like using winter rye and I do grow some to harvest seed and straw. It's a strong plant and produces well on poor soil. I'm trying test other cover crops that work well in my content and that I can grow to seed and have lots to use... to eat, replant and use as cover crop.

can "weeds" be used as cover crops? is the STUN method applicable here? how collaborative are the plants, when does the collaboration end and fighting for resources start?

How do you figure out minimum seed density for best ROI.

Been thinking about planting clover in our raised beds along side other veggies. Hoping it would deter weeds, help with nitrogen and bring in bees but I can't find a lot of information about doing it

I know nothing about cover cropping. Got two raised beds that I'm filling with soil and hopefully some finished bioreactor compost, and a larger garden with wood chip cover now. But biggest question is managing cover crops with actual plants.

- must I start all my veggies from seed and transplant?

- what about carrots and other non-transplant crops?

- we have a larger garden that I have covered in wood chips, will be planted with crops like potatoes, sweet corn, squash, beans. Is it better to pull all the wood chips off and start a cover crop? How to plant in the spring? Till cover crop in? Trying to avoid tillage.

I'm really looking forward to your cover crop course - the value you provide is thinking through the best way to present and organize the info.

(first nostr post!)