Winter hammocking

I'm in Charlotte North Carolina so it's about 52° today and the sun is shining and I am enjoying my backyard.

Now a lot of my natives in my backyard are gray right now. And I still have some invasives I'm not denying that but this is my view right now laying in my hammock and I'm enjoying it. It's odd how much you can enjoy the way the sun glistens off the top of the iron weed in the middle of the winter. And I'm enjoying looking at my little teeny tiny terrace through the hammock and imagining all the things I'm going to do with it next year. I still haven't decided if I'm putting another layer of pavers on this level before I add the next level. We still have to see.

Currently my plan for the terrace is to plant native sedges in it in the spring. But right now I'm just throwing leaves behind the wall and letting them settle before I add dirt and plants in the spring. Maybe the leaves will turn into dirt by spring but I think that'll take a little longer. I do think they will add a little bit of a barrier between the plants and the dirt and the straight clay that's below them. My hope is that they decay and add some much needed nutrients. I also plan for them to smother all the invasives that are currently growing on that hill so that the natives that I plant on top can survive.