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This section of Don Luis’s farm had not yet been repaired and replanted after Hurricane Maria, but instead of keeping it mowed and tilled, cover crops were left in place to keep down unwanted weeds, help hold the soil in place as well as regenerate…

Flower blossoming on a leguminous cover crop vine at Plenitud PR.

Flower in bloom on a leguminous cover crop vine that serves multiple beneficial purposes including as a nitrogen fixer, a weed suppressant, and a green compost when cut down during "chop and drop" periods.

Nitrogen fixing leguminous vine growing between garden beds at Plenitud PR. At certain points in the growing season, these vines are chopped back to become green compost in a method called "chop and drop", continuing to nourish the soil as they…