Charlene Matthews

Zone: I'm zone 7a : 0 to 5 (F) in NW North Carolina in the foot hills.

Goal: The land is cleared and we want to create a base for future permaculture design / food forest. Our trouble is the land is bare and we need an affordable way to cover it (not using traditional grass and straw) that allows for a nice base of a food forest.

Time: Now Feb-March. We need to protect our topsoil so there is not any erosion.

Type of soil: Our soil is mostly clay Oh, and this used to be timber land. Tons of pines were on the property previously.

Thank you for your interest and answers! I am checking out the book too to educate myself.

Hello! This is my first post

We have some acreage with cleared land and bare soil. We are looking for suggestions on a good ground cover that is a dynamic accumulator or several plant types that will be beneficial to the soil and easy to seed. Working with very little funds so we will be doing this possibly by hand or with a riding lawn mower seeder.

Hopefully someone has a suggestion on what kind of seed(s) that can just lay on top of the soil and germinate. Some areas are on a mild slope.