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This undated photo shows vegetable beds readied for winter in Rosendale, N.Y. Blanketing the ground with a layer of mulch, autumn leaves in the foreground bed, or sowing a winter cover crop, as in the background bed, protects the surface layers from pounding rain and wide swings in temperature, as well as providing other benefits. (Lee Reich via AP)

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Don’t leave your soil nude this winter. Or, at least don’t leave it nude and smooth.

By Lee Reich, The Associated Press November 25, 2016