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The best way to combat both of those problems is ground cover. Ground cover refers to low-lying plants that hug the ground and spread horizontally; they are perennial, usually self- seeding ...

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Cover crops are plants that are often seeded into a field very densely so they’re covering the soil and they are, depending ...

as well as plants that help collect nutrients. Root crops and ground covers cover the soil; perennials, shrubs and small trees take the midlevel; and tall trees and vines star in the upper level.

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