hillside gardening - plants / terracing?
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Comments (5)It looks like you are using the fence pieces to make mini retaining walls/terraces. This appears to be working for you as a temporary measure but I don't think this will work as a permanent measure. Some sort of deeply rooting plant might be able to hold your soil in place if established before the fence pieces give out or rot. Or you could try something a little heavier and less likely to decompose and less likely to fail under the pressure of the soil and moisture behind your wall (stone, treated landscape timbers, etc.). One of the trickier aspects to this is to have a system that retains soil but lets water escape so that you don't have too large a build up of water which can blow out a wall. Another poster mentioned he might try gabions for a project. I have not used gabions yet but they seem like they could be a viable option for your project and gabions can themselves be planted....See MoreNew forum - hillside gardening??
Comments (11)Good idea. I could have used such a forum this past year. As it is I had a hillside challenge in my back yard. Lots of sunny space on a small hill covered with ivy. I pulled a good part of the ivy and built a three-level terraced unit for vegetables, with steps. I might pull the remaining ivy next year and make it bigger....See MoreIdeas: steep hillside with terraced stone walls & naturalistic garden
Comments (0)Steep hillsides in metro Atlanta usually are comprised of very hard, compacted and rocky soil which is unsuitable for planting. I will often recommend building a wall or terraces that can be backfilled with good garden soil to provide a suitable area to install ornamentals, natives, perennials and annuals. If it's a sunny slope, edibles such as herbs, veggies and berries can also be incorporated. This project involved 3 terraces with a natural stone steps that meandered between them....See MoreSteep hillside sliding after clearing brush, planting and 13'bark
Comments (1)To arrest the erosion immediately, get bales of straw to form a retaining wall. They will break down in time and enrich your soil while you come up with a long term plan - which may just be to wait for the plants to root in and do the job...See MoreBob_B
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