How Do You Terrace A Hillside For Planting?
Hillsides can be difficult to plant since water can wash down the slope along with anything you plant. And if the hillside is steep, climbing it for garden maintenance is no fun. Terracing a hillside is one excellent solution to make your hill beautiful, productive and easy to maintain. The idea of terracing is to make the hillside into giant flat steps that will allow for planting beds and keep soil from washing away. You can make terraces into interesting shapes, curve them around a seating area, divide them up with a staircase down the middle or use them in many other decorative ways. You can even use less visible step areas for cutting gardens or vegetable gardens. To terrace a hillside, you will want to cut very wide step-like areas out. Usually this is done starting at the base. Flatten out the top of a raised area, butting the front against some form of retaining wall. When the soil starts to pile up behind the flat area, build another retaining wall and start flattening out the
