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For an Earth-friendly garden, keep a succession of plants in the soil by planting cover crops.

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Keeping something growing holds the soil in place, and when the cover crops grow and die they add organic matter, attracting microorganisms, adding nutrients – and creating healthier soils.

Cover crops, which include winter wheat, crimson clover, cereal rye, oats or radish, are planted after harvest and before winter.