My yard is extremely steep.
I get a crazy amount of weeds here, and I cannot get on my hands and knees for hours at a time pulling them.
I’ve been going ‘scorched Earth’ with sprays and weed preventer, but I don’t like spraying poison everywhere and it looks like shit.
I’m at a loss. Please help me out!
by ChaosRainbow23
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These pictures don’t do the incline justice.
It’s crazy steep.
The location is Western NC.
Get ready for this one my answer is gonna blow your mind. Native Plants.
I can choke up a list I just need the approximate amount of sun, how dry the slope is, and what kinds of plants you’re looking for.
My first recommendation would be woody debris and leaves. Find large branches and logs to lay along the slope. Pileup leaves as thick as you can. The logs will slow run off and stabilize soil. The leaves will absorb rain and provide a natural mulch to prevent weeds.
Most weeds thrive in exposed soils.
Then you can take time to decide if you need to plant anything or if natives will come on their own.
DR weed trimmer
It’s not what you’re asking, but since I’ve gotten older and can’t kneel, I’ve embraced an electric hot-air weeder. it’s basically a paint-stripper heat gun on a stick. You turn it on then press the cone end over the base of the weed and wait for about 10-20 seconds. it cooks the weed and you move on. If it’s an annual, that might be the end for that one. If it’s something like grass which comes back, you might need to hit it every week or so for a few weeks to kill it off. They range from about $50 up at places like walmart and home depot and I’ll never be without again.
since it’s steep you might consider starting with tiers and/or steps so the hill is easier to use before planting anything new. it could make future weeding easier too. you don’t have to do so to the whole hill either.
Kudzu
Creeping phlox[https://i.redd.it/xr0y1h62dqra1.jpg](https://i.redd.it/xr0y1h62dqra1.jpg)
I wonder if clover would be good?