Stevenl wrote:

I have just built a house which has a large garden. The house was cut
into the hill and as such I now have massive areas of steep slopes
which need covering to prevent erosion and to look nicer. The
question is what plants can I put on this sloping land that cover
very quickly and can live in sandy soil. A plant that can be grown
from seed would be good as the house cost a fortune and I am now very
poor

i would terrace it (step up gardens). i'm not sure
about fast growing and sandy soil (in combination),
but there might be a grass that you can use, but
the thing is, if it isn't native and it's fast
growing then it can soon be invasive and a pest
for controlling. terraces can slow things down
and let you work with more plants.

they have that netting/mesh that can hold soil while
seedlings get established. i've never had to use the
stuff myself (very flat land hereabouts), but i see it
being used all the time along roadways and other places
where there are steeper slopes. i am not sure but they
might also spray the soil with some kind of seedbearing
coating which helps stick things together before putting
the mesh down, but i'm not certain about that.

good luck,

two acres, that's a lot of garden...


songbird