Search...
Home Subscribe
Pie
Home Subscribe
Recent topics Flagged topics Hot topics Best topics
Search...
Search within plants Search permies
Advance search Google search
Register / Login
Gardening playing cards kickstarter Green Living Book Oehler complete underground house and green house set Sepp Holzer 3 in 1 Documentaries Farming terracing aquaculture
  • Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
Gardening playing cards kickstarter Full online Permaculture Design course and Appropriate Technology Course video SKIP=SKills to Inherit Property PEP Permaculture Experience According to Paul cooking list of PIE benefits here on permies Free heat movie
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Carla Burke
  • Nancy Reading
  • John F Dean
  • paul wheaton
  • r ranson
  • Timothy Norton
  • Jay Angler
stewards:
  • Andrés Bernal
  • Pearl Sutton
  • Anne Miller
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
gardeners:
  • M Ljin
  • Jeremy VanGelder
  • thomas rubino

Black medic (clover) - What can I do with this plant?

 
Stewart Hung
Posts: 27
2
posted 10 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Hi Permies,

I have patches of black medic that are in seed production stage. I noticed that they have low lying leaves and produce really good ground cover. At this stage of this year's El Niño event, they are one of the few plants that are still green. Do you think it can be used as ground cover?

How can I incorporate this plant into permaculture systems?

-- Stewart

 
Joylynn Hardesty
master pollinator
Posts: 5252
Location: Due to winter mortality, I stubbornly state, zone 7a Tennessee
2224
7
I like...
forest garden foraging books food preservation cooking fiber arts bee medical herbs
posted 10 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
It's a great ground cover. While it is not clover, it has some similarities. check out the link.
http://www.eattheweeds.com/black-medic/

'What we do now echoes in eternity.' Marcus Aurelius
How Permies Works Dr. Redhawk's Epic Soil Series

 
Stewart Hung
Posts: 27
2
posted 10 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Ahh ... it's related to alfalfa!

Thanks for the info, Joylynn. It sounds like there might be medicinal properties, too!

-- Stewart

 
Water! People swim in water! Even tiny ads swim in water:
The new kickstarter is now live!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/garden-cards
reply
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
Boost this thread!
Similar Threads
More...