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Gardening

Botany

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9. Reconstruct a forest floor.

Reply to OneGrassRoot (Original post)

Fri Sep 30, 2022, 01:36 PM

Sep 2022

Let the leaf litter accumulate, plant native forest floor plants, shrubs, and under story trees (dog woods & Red Bud),
let some downed logs stay on the ground. Build some pathways that are slightly above grade level too. Remove
non native plants. This will take time but it is worth it. Sequester that CO2, give fireflies a place to grow up,
get after the spring ephemeral wildflowers, and ferns.

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Sheet mulching in North Carolina? [View all] OneGrassRoot Sep 2022 OP

shade loving plants from a greenhouse might work, yellowdogintexas Sep 2022 #1

LOL! OneGrassRoot Sep 2022 #6

My neighbor uses wood chips dweller Sep 2022 #2

Yeah, wood chips are the medium... OneGrassRoot Sep 2022 #7

sedum ? it may be sparse but its easy to get Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #3

I'd never heard of that. OneGrassRoot Sep 2022 #8

sedum leaves will vary in size a lot. Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #14

Plant ground cover? SheltieLover Sep 2022 #4

So many greats ideas... OneGrassRoot Sep 2022 #12

Yw! SheltieLover Sep 2022 #15

Consider using moss unc70 Sep 2022 #5

What a great idea! OneGrassRoot Sep 2022 #11

Reconstruct a forest floor. Botany Sep 2022 #9

Oooooh.... OneGrassRoot Sep 2022 #10

This will take time but it is well worth it. Botany Sep 2022 #13