Beginner Gardening: Switched to ground covers?, 0 by zenpotter

zenpotter wrote:
We have steep hills and I am switching to ground cover. The only mature area is sedum and creeping phlox. To do that area I cut the grass very short, covered it with newspaper, farmpost (aged manure ground up with straw), burlap to keep all in place and more farmpost. I then cut through the layers to plant. I am extending it this fall.

In another area that faces north and gets very little sun I am adding various ground covers. There is a section on the East side that I am killing the grass with black plastic and will plant no mow grass and install a sculpture.