Beginner Gardening: Yard with a brutal slope - HELP!, 1 by zenpotter

zenpotter wrote:
I live on a hill and have a lot of slope to work with. I am gardening in zone 4.

What I do is:
1. put down a cover of farmpost manure ground with straw and aged. I get it from a race track.
2. cover this with burlap that is well ancoor with sod staples.
3. put down a second later of farmpost.
4. plant directly through the 3 layers.

I have planted only plants that are under 8" since otherwise they lay down.

What I have planted: many many kinds of sedum, pacasandra, wild ginger, hosta, wild geranium, snow on the mountain, ajuga, money wort, heuchera there is more I just can't remember right now.

The shrub at the top is wild roses. This is a north facing hill and gets maybe an hour of sun a day.



This message was edited Mar 27, 2009 7:58 AM