Moved to a new home, and let the fallen leaves do their job over the winter. Id say 70% of my acreage is wild plants and flowers now! This hillside i want to till up and plant native wildflowers for pollinators. Any suggestions for such a big project?
by BitchWitchMcgee
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A slope is a tough one for most of the suggestions you’ll usually see on this sub like sheet mulching. I would say to get a jug of concentrated glyphosate (not roundup, actual glyphosate) and a cheap battery sprayer from Lowe’s. That’ll do a real nice job killing off the rest of the grass. Then when you seed, scatter a layer of straw all over it, get a nice mat going to add a light mulch for the seeds that follow that won’t slide downhill when it rains
Why do you feel like you need to till? Leaving the soil intact is only a good thing, especially on any kind of slope. Just plant the flowers already! Starts are going to do better now, seeds are best directly sown in Autumn.
What’s your *end goal* or what are you actually trying to achieve besides the obvious as you stated in the title of your post
I’d start by identifying what is already growing there – you may have invasives to eliminate first. You don’t say where you are, but I’d be looking for buckthorn, garlic mustard and dog strangling vine in Ontario, Canada.
And don’t till – especially on a slope!
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