LEGUMES 



As far back as the written history of gardening 

 and farming goes, which is 700 years before the 

 birth of Christ, good farmers always plowed down 

 a crop of clover every two or three years. They 

 may not have known that it stored nitrogen in its 

 roots, but they did know it made their land richer 

 and that they grew better crops for it. If clover 

 crops have been good for land for nearly 2,700 years 

 they surely will continue to be good for it, and we 

 should try to put them into our gardens no matter 

 how much trouble it may be. 



