Welcome to my garden! Today we are talking about some of my favourite Edible Ground Cover Plants for Permaculture Gardening here in Perth, Australia. This year I have decided to really focus on replicating the food forest system that I have here in the backyard. This garden has layers and it all works together to create a sustainable low-maintenance edible garden.
The taller trees will provide some shade and wind protection, the medium plants can then be a little more delicate and the ground covers will protect the soil by retaining moisture, replenishing the soil by dropping and rotting leaves, and providing a diverse habitat for wildlife and beneficial bugs to live.
Edible ground covers also help reduce weeds as they smother/cover them. They have shallow masses of roots which can help with soil erosion, keep the good topsoil from washing away.
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07:28 Sweet Violet
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10:56 Chamomile
12:07 Rosemary
13:45 Purslane
14:21 Red clover
15:17 Herbs
16:31 Warrigal Greens/ NZ spinach
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39 Comments
Looks amazing
Is it possible to plant sweet potato in containers? My garden isn’t ready for planting but I want to get started! I have some fabric potato bags but I’m worried they wouldn’t be big enough.
I feen nasturtiums, bring them on. 😁
Love love your garden and thank you for the info. I subscribed love it 😀 💕 and your cooking looks so yummy!!
Wonderful video Holly!!
I never knew strawberry leaves or flowers were edible!! I love love this video! Thankyou..shared.💚
I dont mind planting mint in the garden.I have birds, chooks & guinea pigs who love eating them too!💚
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YES an Aussie… so hard to get advice from USA and UK as their seasons/ times of planting etc gets so confusing. SUBSCRIBED. 🥰
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What about soil / mineral content for sweet potatoe?
Nice job. I found another way to grow sweet potato slips. I now just take the varieties I want to grow and toss them in a big pot and the slips are everywhere. I relearned that one when I had a purple one I really wanted grow and left half of it sticking out of the soil. Slips were sticking out of it all over the place. I had left home and was in another state working on our sailboat and my wife sent me a picture of what a large rat had done to my sweet potato. She wasn't sure what had done it but sent me the picture. I responded in moments a rat dd that. Take another look at it. It is actully from the angle the picture was taken a sculpture f a rat. Everyone I point it out to says "Yeah, ya just can't unsee it after that." LOL
My lawn is important for grass clipping mulch and compost. Absolutely needed in this desert climate.
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1:55 in Indonesia it called "TELO / Ubi Jalar"
Ubi Cilembu Varieties is more sweet and it have Honey
I’ve found snap dragons are actually perennials. I’ve been adding them in any empty little corner. The flowers are edible and make my salads, sandwiches look spectacular. They feed my spirit! Your food lookd awesome too!
Nasturtium, your favorite recipes? I was excited so I looked. I’m really interested Holly.
Sweet potato is also a good nitrogen fixer
Brilliant! Thanks, great information……
I like her. she’s really on point.
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Superb video. Great list and most are applicable to any country (not just Australia). Thanks! Instant sub! ❤️
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(1) Sweet Potato
(2) Nasturtium
(3) Sweet Violet
(4) Strawberries
(5) Chamomile, lawn variety as ground cover
(6) … … …was this one lost in editing???
(7) Rosemary, ground cover variety, rock walls, very Hardy, full sun ok, good flowers,
(8) Purslane,
(9) Red Clover
(10) Herbs — thyme, oregano, parsley, sage etc.
A few things. Living in the desert, ive noticed that my strawberries do better being partially shaded from other plants. And also mint is HIIIGHLY invasive. I dont think people put enough emphysis on this.
I must have weird mint. It dies off and doesn't spread at all. I have sandy soil at the beach. Wonder if that makes a difference.
Looks amazing, thanks for sharing.
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Be very careful with Purslane. It has very high oxalates. I was eating it on a regular basis. I started getting huge calcium deposits on my tendons that were very painful. You could even see them bulging through the skin and muscles. It was very hard to move without tremendous pain. The doctor wanted to scrape them off surgically.
Shortly before surgery I stumbled across some information about calcium and oxalates. I was incredibly lucky to find the information as the doctors weren't going to tell me (if they even knew).
I immediately stopped eating high oxalate foods but the problem didn't go away.
Then one sleepless painful night I looked up information about calcium problems on YT and found a Dr. Berg video about kidney stones being calcium deposits. He recommended drinking lemon juice. I went to the fridge and found an old expired bottle of goopy brown lemon juice in the back and gulped it down. Within an hour some of the pain started to subside and I could sleep again. After about two months of drinking good quality lemon juice, the calcium deposits were gone. I'm very careful now to research the oxalate content of greens before I start eating them.
Thanks for your input on ground covers. You have a grasp on the concepts of permaculture and I appreciate the information you've provided. Very good! Kia ora!
Ducks love slugs and snails!
This looks like a fun channel. Your food is BEAUTIFUL.
American whose been introducing my wife and son to purslane this summer. A delicious volunteer
Sweet potato leaves are best with tomatoes and onion and a little vinegar.
Wow! I love your video. You also look so good. Thanks for sharing.
Love it!!!
Awesome advice, thanks!
Gosh you're pretty lol