What do you use instead of mulch?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More plants! If the plants grow thick enough, you don’t need mulch. If you want to avoid bare earth while the plants fill in, use Leaf Gro.

I second this.

[Anonymous]

When y'all say ground cover, do you mean things like Liriope? I haaaaaaate liriope.

[Anonymous]

There are tons of groundcovers other than liriope

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When y'all say ground cover, do you mean things like Liriope? I haaaaaaate liriope.

No, not liriope! Just plants that cover the soil. Grasses/sedges, violets, tiarella, black eyed Susan’s, creeping phlox, mountain mint…really anything that is going to be assertive enough to spread a little and shade out/elbow out weeds.