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Xeriscape Post Tilling Question

11 years ago

So I tilled up my front yard and created some "raised type" areas to plant my native plants in... I have leveled the areas I am going to rock but didn't level the raised areas. There are clumps of grass and clumps of dirt. I was planning on covering the entire area with a weed barrier then planting. My question is, Do I need to worry about the clumps?

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Summerzzzoff
Original Author
11 years ago
and just to clarify - The part I'm not covering with rock I'm covering with mulch - so mulch/rock will cover the weed barrier. The clumps aren't big and I figure once covered with weed barrier and then mulch or rock it will forgive the clumpyness anyways.
stompoutbermuda
11 years ago
The clumps sound to me like the beginings of good soil. I would cover the raised beds with the clumps in them for a couple weeks with plastic to kill the weed seeds and allow the clumps to deompose.
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