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Gardening Etcetera: Surprising Spring Cover Crops

FREDDI STEELE
Feb 25, 2016
Feb 25, 2016 Updated Mar 2, 2020

The threat of a spring snow smackdown keeps many experienced gardeners from getting too crazed about planting anything, except maybe pansies. As we segue into meteorological spring on March 1st, though, there is one type of cool weather planting, cover crops, that enhances soil fertility and readies gardens for later planting.

Cover crops can be a gardener’s secret weapon against insect pests, yet they are often overlooked because they are considered more appropriate for large-scale agricultural operations, and only for fall planting. It may come as a surprise, then, that certain cover crops can be planted in the spring, with maturity occurring in early to mid-summer �� just in time to plant those short-season tomatoes. Here’s the inside scoop on spring cover crops.

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Freddi Steele is the editor of Gardening Etcetera, and can be reached at [email protected].

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