Hi all! How is your August shaping up? I’ve been in the garden, planting some crops for fall harvest (kale, spinach, lettuce, parsley).
I’ve also been racking my brain trying to come up with a permanent solution to the weed situation in the veggie garden. It’s fairly easy to keep the beds themselves weeded, but all the space in between has become an eyesore. Here is an overview- don’t mind all the buckets, I have plans for those.
I’ve mulched it in the past; however, I really do not relish the idea of having to remulch every year or even every couple of years. I’ve considered pea gravel, and this may be what I end up with at some point in the future, but for now, I am thinking of trying a ground cover. You know, like weeds, but attractive.
I happen to have ten sedum plants that I got wholesale a couple years ago. They’ve been sitting in their pots and I thought, why not plant them and see what happens? Sedum is incredibly hardy and I think once it really takes off, it can even be walked on, or at least some of the varieties can. That was one of the criteria for any ground cover that I choose for this area. The variety that I have is Kamtschaticum.
I did do a bit of looking up and it turns out that this plant is a good candidate for a walkable ground cover. Better yet, the flowers that it puts out will even draw bees and butterflies. Sounds like a win-win.
The flowers look something like this:
photo courtesy of pixabay.com
So, I planted the ten plants right up against a couple of the raised beds. Once they get established, I’m planning to divide them or propagate by cuttings, to spread them around. They propagate quite easily. In a few years, maybe the whole area will be covered with beautiful sedum!
For more information on walkable ground covers, here is a good link:
Have you ever planted a walkable ground cover and what did you use?
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