I sheet mulched and added garden soil, top soil and mulch. I am planning to plant lots of native perennials (coneflower, vervain, joe the weed, milkweed, ostrich and cinnamon ferns, mountain pint, butterfly weed and petunias) in the spring – starting indoor as seeds and planting in ground in april.
Zone 7a, scroll for progress pics – i forgot to take a pic of one of the beds finished.
Please share any tips and tricks for me, i know this project is ambitious but im feeling very excited and inspired
by EightOfSwords8
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Your plan sounds good and the new beds look great! It’s a lot of work putting in beds that size, good job.
One thing that would worry me a bit from the pics is where you have soil/mulch piled against the bottom of the fence. This can cause the bottom of the fence to rot or degrade more quickly, so I would try to taper the ground level down toward the fence so that it doesn’t actually touch it.
Looks very nice.