Hey, hey what is up everyone. Welcome back to the show. Today we are going to mix it up and talk about ground cover.

Interesting topic, right? Maybe. I don't know what you think about ground cover. I will admit it's something that I have neglected. I'm not a landscape

designer although I am trying to learn the trade a little bit I'm trying to

practice it so let's go ahead and talk about ground cover and why maybe

you would want to replace your lawn with ground cover type plants. So if you know the podcast and I hope you do by now, I'm not huge on

lawns. I think they can certainly serve a purpose but lawns can be a real hassle

sometimes. You're gonna have weeds like dandelions annoying crabgrass, you're

going to have all sorts of pests that can sometimes infest your lawns, but when planting ground

cover you'll actually avoid much of that.

Sure you're still gonna have some weed issues,

but once the ground cover takes over,

most weeds won't survive.

They're gonna be starved out by that vigorous growth. Ground cover can look lush in all sorts of

weather, often requires far less watering than a standard lawn, and it requires less frequent

fertilization as well. Most ground cover also can be trimmed down to size using a

standard lawn mower if you want to. Additionally, your quote unquote lawn will be a cacophony of bright flowers during parts of the year.

So depending on the ground cover that you've planted, you can have a really beautiful looking lawn area, even though it's not a lawn because typically

that's going to be a grass that you're growing. Unlike grasses your ground

cover plants can be a real draw for pollinating insects.

So that to me as a gardener that's growing mostly edibles,

that's going to be my big draw for exploring ground cover.

Butterfly is often drawn to your plants for nectar as are bees. So for veggies, that's a real big benefit.

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