Rows of soybean plants are seen under a cover crop of cereal rye. (Image credit: AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
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The impacts of climate change can be a headache for home gardeners. Heavy storms can flood beds and drown seedlings, and hot, dry spells can leave soil parched and cracked.
But Lee Rinehart’s garden fares better than most. That’s because as summer fades to fall, when many people abandon their gardens until spring, he plants cover crops.
Rinehart, a sustainable agriculture specialist in Pennsylvania, says cover crops are not grown to be harvested but to build healthy, nutrient-rich soil.
