Any suggestions for mulching this hill? I'm afraid it will wash down over time with rain & wind. I've thought about laying some netting or chicken wire down to try to give the mulch something to hold on to. The wife would really prefer not to do any retaining walls. I plan on planting some spreading juniper to help cover it.
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Any suggestions for mulching this hill? I'm afraid it will wash down over time with rain & wind. I've thought about laying some netting or chicken wire down to try to give the mulch something to hold on to. The wife would really prefer not to do any retaining walls. I plan on planting some spreading juniper to help cover it.
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It will???
How is edging at the bottom going to keep mulch halfway up from washing down?
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I did a job where I put rows of landscape pins across the hill in a line every couple feet. Half in the ground and half above ground level to hold the mulch in place better. I never drove back past the job as it is out of the way of my mowing route but it was working much better then not using them. In combination with the bird netting would be perfect on that small area(the hill I did was around 250'x60') and the bird netting would have been over the top.
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I’d use mulch lock if you don’t want a terrace
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I mulch slopes like that all the time. The mulch hold fine unless water runs across it. Don't use fabric, the mulch will slide off. Watch where the discharge from that downspout is aimed.
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Don't forget to put a tarp over it each time you get a storm!
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Rainfall won't be a problem. Runoff is the thing to watch for.
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As others have said, no fabric and make sure any edging you install has a deep backside for mulch to sit in. Anytime theres a hill like this, Ill also install big 2-man minumum Charactor boulders, it will help keep the hillside in place. Use ATLEAST 3 inches of mulch, the more the better. There is also a product called landscape loc that is like glue for small rocks/mulch, never used but may be something to look into
I agree with some boulders. Place them in random spots just to help "hold" the mulch. Also, install more plants- some ground covers, liriope, etc can cover good portion of the area so you only need a minimal amount of mulch.
If it were mine though...I would try and talk the wife into a nice wall- would look great and be the BEST option by far.
If it were mine though...I would try and talk the wife into a nice wall- would look great and be the BEST option by far.
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Ha! One of my customers was promised by a competitor this exact same fix. Now I'm paying for it by blowing mulch back up the hill into the flower bed every mow visit. Man you should see it after a rain storm. No triple shred believers out there?
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Mix in some mulch lock, not perfect but it helps.
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Mulch is not the proper solution. It is steep. Unstable--subject to erosion and landslide during heavy rain. It needs landscaping. Plant something. Anything! Some possibilities: a seeded ground cover like ajuga, a low-growing grass with dense roots, like blue fescue, (do not mow it), lirope--as Coleman suggested above, wildflowers, maybe mixed perennials, daylilly, iris, bush clover, lamium, myrtle, pachysandra, honeysuckle, euonymous, blue-rug juniper, various semi-invasive legume vines--crown vetch?
Accent this with a few boulders, flowering crabapple, plus clumps of ornamental grasses--canary grass, maybe. Complement this with a decorative art object--statue, fountain or garden gnome.
Purple fountain grass is good.
https://www.bhg.com/gardening/flowers/perennials/ornamental-grasses/
Be sure to include irrigation so that it will be easy to start the new plantings and so that thin-out during dry spells can be avoided. Fertilize every year to keep it dense.
Accent this with a few boulders, flowering crabapple, plus clumps of ornamental grasses--canary grass, maybe. Complement this with a decorative art object--statue, fountain or garden gnome.
Purple fountain grass is good.
https://www.bhg.com/gardening/flowers/perennials/ornamental-grasses/
Be sure to include irrigation so that it will be easy to start the new plantings and so that thin-out during dry spells can be avoided. Fertilize every year to keep it dense.
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