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What’s Sprouting Now? It’s November!

The green sprouts you see in the garden along 1st and Denton Streets are cover crops. At the garden winterization workday on Saturday November 7th, volunteers planted buckwheat, crimson clover, hairy vetch and white clover to help protect and nourish the soil over the winter. These hard-working cover crops (also known as green manure) will…