Sweet Potatoes - a Great Ground Cover
There is an empty lot next to our house that I'm trying to beautify. My Native Landscape contractor solarized the 75'x10' strip (left it covered with black tarp for about 8 weeks) on the south edge of the property, then took out the dead grass, lined the area with coquina rock, and filled it with about 5 inches of pine bark mulch. Because the soil test came back showing the area was quite alkaline, I had him add some elemental sulfur as well. In May 2025, I planted some trees along the edge of the empty lot next to our house. I wanted to have a ground cover to protect the mulch and soil while the trees got established. The first photo (taken on May 11, 2025) below shows how it looked soon after I planted most of the trees in the ground. (I often forget to take "before" photos; the location previously had Bahia grass and St. Augustine grass up to the hedge you can see on the right side of the strip.) I was concerned about leaving the small ...