For people who want to grow more food with less work. 🌱 This is my weekly newsletter loved by 38,000+ subscribers—here's what one of them had to say: "These are not the regular run-of-the-mill garden-based emails. You actually touch on more unusual tidbits that encourage me to keep growing and learning."
my favorite edible ground covers (that are actually delicious)
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If you grow vegetables, you likely mulch with straw, leaves, compost, or something similar. If you grow berries or fruit trees, they're probably surrounded by grass, wood chips, bark, or gravel. But have you ever thought about growing a living mulch? A low-mounding, wide-spreading plant that grows among your other crops and does all the same things "regular" mulch does (protect the soil, retain moisture, smother weeds) but is also edible and worthy of its own harvest? This is how I take advantage of every square inch of growing space in my vegetable beds, and it's also a great way to fill in the empty spaces between other edible plants. But the right ground cover has other benefits too, like repelling pests or attracting pollinators. ​Check out my list of edible ground covers that are both beautiful and delicious.​ (This post has been updated with new plants you should try!) Seasonal tipsP.S. Think beyond straw and other types of "dead" mulch. Grow an edible ground cover as a living mulch in your edible garden. P.P.S. Getting more harvests out of the same space is the kind of thing I live for! And this guide (below) is a compilation of what I've learned over the years: how to use every edible part of the plants you grow (or buy) so you can waste less food and discover new flavors and textures. 🌱
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Garden Betty
For people who want to grow more food with less work. 🌱 This is my weekly newsletter loved by 38,000+ subscribers—here's what one of them had to say: "These are not the regular run-of-the-mill garden-based emails. You actually touch on more unusual tidbits that encourage me to keep growing and learning."