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Why not get rid of most of the grass (especially on the hill) and put in a perennial garden of hardy (for your zone) shrubs and trees?
by chongli 5mo ago
Why not get rid of most of the grass (especially on the hill) and put in a perennial garden of hardy (for your zone) shrubs and trees?
- bell-cot 5mo ago> Why not get rid of... Soil erosion.
- alistairSH 5mo agoThere are other ground covers and plant options that don’t require weekly mowing. Creeping junipers and native bunch grasses come to mind.
- bell-cot 5mo agoTrue. But on a large and very steep hillside - "2/3rd of an acre, but most of it is a 45 degree hill" - it can be extremely difficult to replace the plants holding onto the soil, without experiencing horrible erosion during the transition.
- alistairSH 5mo agoYep. Depending on the property layout, and how close that slope is to the house, it might be something to contract out and have hardscaping and drainage done. My last house didn't have anywhere near as much land, but there was a fairly steep hill on the back of the house. We ended up having part of the slope dug out and a "seat-height" retaining wall installed, with drainage installed as part of the build, and lots of low-maintenance plantings. Reduced the work from weekly mowing on a slope to occasional weeding and trimming. But, it wasn't cheap to do properly.