( Ozark bioregion) In the realm of ground covers are either strawberries or violets detrimental to the soil? Either possibly nitrogen fixing? Any benefits ,other than dense cover for weed blockage?
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Re: Strawberries are Red, Violets are blue....
Sat, November 8, 2008 - 3:28 PMstrawberries are edible :) -
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Re: Strawberries are Red, Violets are blue....
Tue, November 11, 2008 - 10:32 AMso are violets! (plus they both have medicinal uses too)
I like to candy them (egg white + superfine sugar) every winter as gifts for my cake-making friends!
and how timely a post SUNDOG as just this past weekend I was noticing the rain-renewed battle of these very two groundcovers near my living dogwood couch...mmmsweet berries and flowers! that corner seems healthy to me and I'm not sure either of these plants I would consider detrimental to the soil where they are growing. they are not so dense as to prevent other plants from invading though.
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Re: Strawberries are Red, Violets are blue....
Mon, November 10, 2008 - 4:44 AMNeither strawberries or violets are bad for soil or nitrogen fixing to my knowledge, and i can find no evidence saying that they are online after a quick search. I am not 100% positive about this, but pretty sure. The chief benefit, imo, is that they hold the soil together and protect it from erosion. -
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Re: Strawberries are Red, Violets are blue....
Fri, April 17, 2009 - 11:34 AMbeans are nitrogen fixing i know. im sure there are certain types that are ground covers. -
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Re: Strawberries are Red, Violets are blue....
Tue, April 21, 2009 - 2:49 AMHmm, strawberries, beans, and violets, yummy.
I'm not sure I'd want to eat all of them at once, though.
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