A frenulum (or frenum) is a small fold of tissue that prevents an organ in the body from moving too far.
Cover crops usually are grown to prevent soil loss from wind and water erosion. Use fast-growing cover crops, such as winter wheat or annual rye, on fall-spaded gardens. A second, and probably more important reason home gardeners should use cover crops is to improve soil structure and increase organic matter.
If you want to reduce soil com-. paction, good cover crop choices are. radish, canola, turnip (and hybrids), sugarbeet, sunflower, and sorghum-. Sudangrass, according to Gruver. For. nitrogen fixation, legumes such as. clovers, vetches, lentils, cowpeas, soy-.