mulching

He started by attending a demonstration on lasagna mulching led by artist-in-residence and horticulturist Leigh Adams at the Los Angeles County Arboretum’s Crescent Farm.

Chanda recalls struggling to find the words to explain mulching, for example — adding organic material to soil to help trap moisture — or climate adaptation, the ways people can adjust to more extreme weather.

Some examples include mulching, no-till planting, using drought-tolerant varietals, and deficit irrigation -- where you provide less water than the crop could theoretically consume.

However, there are more natural ways to manage invasive plants, such as heavily mulching around your crops and planting more native species within your garden and landscaping.

However, such borderline plants may need some extra protection, such as positioning against a south-facing wall, mulching the soil or even wrapping them with breathable frost fabric in winter.