Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Terracing a steep hillside to create planting beds in Clinton: excavator, land remodling, dump truck work

The owners of this property wanted to make their steep hillside into planting beds. Luc used his excavator to sculpt the land into 5 even terraces. This meant moving and bringing in a lot of dirt, including a nice layer of compost for the top (notice how dark the soil is!). The end result is a beautiful wave that undulates down the hillside. Next: planting!


Above: terraces with natural weed-reducing newspaper layer and on top of that compost


Above: terraces as viewed from hilltop



dump truck and excavator at work...



Terraces before adding newspaper and compost layers

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