"Srgnt Billko" wrote in message
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"Jerry" wrote in message
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I'm in mid-western Wisconsin and I have a camper parked at a resort. My
spot has some thick pines that block out most of the sun so very little
grass grows. The soil is very loose and brown. On a dry day it's easy
to kick up a cloud of dust from the lot. I'd like to plant some sort of
ground cover to reduce the amount of dirt and mud that enter the
camper. Would clover work for this type of environment? Do you have
other suggestions? I'd rather have something that doesn't require a lot
of maintenance as we're usually only there on weekends.

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Jerry


Indoor-outdoor carpet is the only thing I can think of off hand.

You may have two problems -- low light, plus water requirements. Most of
the shade-tolerant ground covers that I can think of require a regular
source of water. As for tracking in dirt and mud, most of the non-turf
ground covers aren't nearly as tolerant of foot traffic as turf is. I don't
think clover is an option because of light requirements. Perhaps Boston
Ivy, possibly sword ferns (invasive), but both would require regular care
and watering, may be outside their range, and it's probably already too late
this year.

Early next spring I might plant raspberries to grow in a part of the area
unless I needed to be able to walk through the area, plus provide a really
heavy mulch of pine straw to keep down dust and mud --

Poison ivy might do well in these conditions -- :-(