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Practices such as planting cover crops in the off-season to protect the soil, reducing tillage, applying compost and rotating different types of crops can all help soil hold more water and support crops even during droughts.
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Huma Tariq Malik, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
Her year-round process includes cleaning up the old vines, planting cover crops to protect the soil, running tests and spreading manure to prepare the patch for spring.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Growing flowering herbs, annuals, perennials, and cover crops such as clover beneath apple trees attracts pollinators and helps apple trees fruit better.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
In vegetable beds, sow fava beans, peas, mustard, vetch or a mix of cover crop seeds.
—Alice Cason, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
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Huma Tariq Malik, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
Her year-round process includes cleaning up the old vines, planting cover crops to protect the soil, running tests and spreading manure to prepare the patch for spring.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Growing flowering herbs, annuals, perennials, and cover crops such as clover beneath apple trees attracts pollinators and helps apple trees fruit better.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
In vegetable beds, sow fava beans, peas, mustard, vetch or a mix of cover crop seeds.
—Alice Cason, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Cover crop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cover%20crop. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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