What are all the things that you could buy in a grocery store to establish a ground cover for a new food forest site?
I just finished digging out the swales and
hugel beds this past weekend. The
chickens are working it over, smoothing out the rough spots and picking out the
pests and seeds. By mid week I hope to have it all mulched with
hay and straw, then it's just a matter of getting some cover crops down. I had good luck last year when I added beans, peas, popcorn and some other seeds from the grocery store bulk bins into my cover crop mixes. This year I saved all the seeds from my squashes, pumpkins and such, but I'm interested to know what else might work.
Any one have any Ideas as to what I could pull off the shelf/bin at a grocery store and throw into some
mulch? This is all going in an area that won't be planted with anything else but shrubs and
trees so I have to cover the ground and start building soil. Edibility isn't really an issue because I have a separate area for food crops. So it's another experiment I guess.
Input welcomed and appreciated.