rethinking cover crops

the new zealand white clover continues to bloom ( top photo ), and while i have come to the conclusion that it is unsuitable as a perennial green manure because of the room it takes up ( second photo ) i cannot find it in me to take out plants that are thriving and will winter over, serving as both green manure and a cover crop...so whichever beds they they inhabit are, in my mind, already prepared for winter...we will simply turn them under like any green manure a few weeks before planting...our workload just lightened a bit...there are peppers coming to fruition in the garden today ( third photo )...one presumes they won't last long...someone is bound to notice...the alfalfa ( fourth photo ) that parker and i planted saturday and which had germinated by tuesday is in leaf today...no true leaves yet but they are not far off...after they are well established we will add in a small amount of winter rye to help bind the soil and act as a reservoir...there is still enough time to take care of all that...i finally dragged something out of the truck to give some contrasting background to the asparagus plant's second spear...it is about a foot tall and nicely "ferned" to feed the roots...it is in the bed populated by dense new zealand white clover...mulching will be somewhat complicated...it will also be accomplished...more as the season winds down.