check out the different cover crops sold and the descriptions some are not invasive or toxic. http://www.territorialseed.com/ this is also where I buy my seed for where I live. With me I would do either the clovers, oats or fava bean. since then if my chickens get into the garden or the horses do nobody gets poisoned and they have a good time.
Cover crops
Vicia villosa
You can grow a cover crop to help build the soil. Plant a grain or legume crop, sometimes called green manure, for the purpose of chopping it down and adding it to the soil.
One way is to plant hairy vetch (Vicia villosa), a nitrogen-fixing legume, in your garden bed in the fall. In the spring, cut it down and till the residue into the soil. This provides both nitrogen and an instant mulch that preserves moisture.
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I found the above article and video so I think I will try these around my tomato plants any thoughts?
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yes all toxic plants once composted are ok in any garden, it is just some thing I can't risk having livestock. besides if you plant a cover crop of say buckwheat you can strip the seeds and get a grain mill and grind up a bit of flour same for oats. 
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