Ground Cover: Can’t Live With It or Without It
Of ground cover it could easily be said that “You can’t live with it; you can’t live without it.” There was a time when lawns were the ultimate ground cover, yet over the last...
Category Archives: Ground Cover
It sleeps, its creeps, it leaps
Q. We planted creeping fig along our back fence in May and it’s done absolutely nothing all summer – it looks exactly the same as the day we planted it. I thought it was a fairly quick-gr...
Vegetable growers benefit from a cover crop
If you are about to plant a fall vegetable garden, but wonder if it’s worth the effort – wormy cabbage, bitter lettuce and puny broccoli are all you can count on – consider a cover ...
My Favorite Ground Covers
“All the ground covers I plant either die after a year or two or become so invasive, like ivy, that I can never get rid of them. What are your favorite ground covers?” Patricia Hagopian, Arleta The ...
