: a crop planted to prevent soil erosion and to provide humus
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Those planning to turn over garden beds and fields in the late fall, plant spring bulbs and cover crops, the lower temperatures in many areas will provide a comfortable time to do the hard work needed to get things ready for next year's gardening season.—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025 Methods like cover crops and no-till practices can hold sediments and nutrients in place, said Mike Dunn, TNC’s director of freshwater conservation.—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025 Many gardeners plant a couple different types of cover crops—a legume for fixing nitrogen, say, plus ryegrass for compaction—at once.—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025 Farmers are able to implement practices such as no-till, cover crops or rotational grazing to provide solutions to run-off leaving their farms, and some have received grants or other funding to switch to more sustainable farming techniques.—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cover crop
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