Looking for advice on easier method to cut this portion of my garden (very steep and with big rocks), since untill now i've done it with a grass trimmer but it's 30 minutes of pure pain and with high risk of falling. I'm thinking of terraforming it to have a walkable portion in the middle. Using mowers on a rope or blades is not reasable since there is many big rocks that are hard to remove.
by Juomari
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They make attachments where lawnmowers can be at angles like that, but they’re expensive so you might as well just get used to using the trimmer.
Kill all the grass and save yourself the shoulder and back pain
I just wouldn’t. I’d kill the grass and plant something there
If you want it trimmed get a fly mower or hover mower and lower it with a rope while swinging it back and forth. That’s how we would mow bunker banks that were too steep to walk on Or just toss some wildflower seeds on it and cut it down once in the late fall
Weed eater
Plant some native wildflowers!
Edit: Additonally, stay far far away from any ivy! That shit is a nightmare.
You know those low grow eco friendly ground cover plants we all hate around here? That’s what I’d do on this hill.
Maybe some wildflowers too?
Find local goats!
Let it grow, let it grooooooow
Carve it out nice and flat and put up a retaining wall
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My neighbor has a pretty steep hill and uses a robot mower – could be an option?
Creeping Myrtle. Will cover that slope pretty quickly and looks great.
Pet goats
We have the same kinda slope in a very deep ditch in our front yard. We’re thinking about killing it all and putting some ground cover flowers there. Thinking some creeping phlox (sp?), winter hardy geraniums, and maybe some Lilly turf. It will be a beast to get started, but realistically I’m in a middle aged body and trying to address it now before I’m 80 and trying to figure it out.
I’ve got a hill like this. It was covered in invasive bushes which blocked out all light from hitting the soil, and I was getting some erosion. I removed the bushes, lightly tilled the top inch or 2 of soil, and put down “green manure” type seeds mixed with wildflowers. Then I put down a straw mat, essentially straw woven into plastic netting, and staked it down with random sticks.
It’s a few years later and it’s doing well. I use a basic ego line trimmer with an aggressive line to cut it back when I feel like it. The plastic netting is still in place for the most part. I think it needs UV to break down.
Goats!
Maybe rent some goats?
Goats
Trees would be my go to, some flowering bushes could also work. Whatever you do. pretty much just let it go wild.
With it that steep, doesn’t seem worth it to terrace it to me, especially if you have other flat areas
Terraced retaining wall.
Get a pet goat.
Find someone that rents out their sheep or goats, that’s what my neighbors do in their orchard.
Get a drone and fly it upside down.
Weed eater, or don’t and put some ground cover down that can stay an acceptable hight and tideness
Fill it full of nature wildflower seeds and let it be… or get some goats.