Northeast Gardening: Countdown to spring! One Photo per Day Part 13, 1 by ngam

ngam wrote:
Thanks Robin.
Love that pink balloon onewish. Is it a tall one or a dwarf version?
I have a couple slope beds too. They are hard to work on for me too so one is mostly shrubs and the other is sparsely planted with minimum care perennials and shrubs. I found if you can make a planting pocket that slants slightly backwards into the slope to catch the water the plants don't dry out so quickly and it helps with erosion while they get established. Also I try to use plants that have large fibrous root systems that grab hold quickly. I do also use some of the million rocks that I dig up to help hold the soil in place. If you have a really steep large slope terracing or using the netting is a really good idea I think.
Here is a pic of one end of mine. Not such a great pic but it shows the rocks. There is a little trench in back of each plant to start out with anyway and ignore the weeds.