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Hi, I have a piece of land which is on a slope. In parts it may be up to 30 degrees? It is very sandy, weedy plot. I would like to go the cardboard, compost and mulch route over winter, then plant in spring. Is this feasible? I’m worried the stuff will flow off with rain and snow. If not, what are my options? I’m in zone 5b if it matters.

Just wanted to share a small sliver of my residential permaculture property. This is high density syntropic approach for residential privacy “fedge” the primary function of this is privacy, secondary goal is food and tertiary being ornamentals for the house and propagation.

The beginning of the hedge is 3 years old the section towards the end of the video is 2 years old.

Some food listed below seen in the video Papaya x6, Indonesian guava x2, avocado, Cuban red banana x3, Valencia orange, Pinneapple x5, Surinam cherry x3, Fejoa x2, white Sapote, soursop x2, Okinawa sweet potato, calamansi, basil, African basil, thyme, rosemary, peanuts, legumes for nitrogen layer+ various non traditional support species that seem to work well here for bio mass.

Haven’t measured this out by my guess is somewhere between 60-75 meters long and as narrow as 1 meter in the upfront video and as wide as 2-2.5 meters at the end section of the video.

Would love to know your thoughts and feedback. Happy to share more around the rest of the property as well.

Zone 11a

TLDR; I used food to keep my neighbors off my property.

Field update 🌍: Our small team in Sierra Leone just documented the first 26 of 3,000 Coffea stenophylla saplings. Each one logged with GPS, notes on shade, mulch, and soil conditions.

The species is resilient to heat and thrives under partial canopy — making it suitable for agroforestry systems. Our approach: organic mulch, shade management, and minimal external inputs.

Tomorrow we’ll use a drone 🚁 for mapping.

Hi everyone. Hope this finds you all well. So I am new to permaculture and gardening in general. I’ve got a backyard that is mostly shady and the side of my driveway that I am looking to transform into a pollinator friendly wildflower garden but I need help.

I don’t have much space and I am unsure what would be the most effective design. I live in zones 6B and 7A. Bee Balms varieties, Bluets, Purple Coneflowers, Common Blue Violets, Smooth Blue Asters, Butterfly Weed, Common Sneezeweed, Swamp Milkweed are some of the options I’m considering planting. This isn’t the official list, as I find out what plants do best with each other and what my area is best suited for I’ll arrange it but if you have any suggestions of flowers NATIVE to this zone (NY) that don’t grow too tall please comment down below.

I was thinking about adding stepping stones down the middle of the lawn surrounded by some clover for foot traffic and then plant along the edges but please let me know if this is a bad idea or if you have any better ones. Looking for inspiration and some ideas so I can prep my lawn for the winter and be ready to plant early spring.

So I’m asking for any design or layout suggestions on how to make this lawn a pollinator haven but also look presentable and not too wild. & plant suggestions.

Also if anyone knows about plants that prefer full shade or mosses or anything like that for the part of my lawn that is bare and gets no sunlight toward the back that would be appreciated too.