Chapter 4 - The Great Cover Up: How Nature Protects and Enriches the Soil 

In the fourth chapter of his five-part mini-series, “Bringing the Science of Soil Health Home,” Buz Kloot, Ph.D. exposes nature’s proclivity for keeping soil covered, and explains the benefits of discovering the cover for farmers and gardeners alike. Dr. Kloot explains how plant canopies or residues from cover crops and previously harvested cash crops provide a layer of “biomass,” which helps reduce weed pressure while lowering soil temperatures and providing the soil with a coat of “armor” to protect it from water and wind erosion. Watch chapter four (4:30).