Hey thank you so much for suggesting the paper rolls over cardboard!! I’m definitely going to go that route now, cardboard is such a hassle!
I have no idea what is next honestly, aside from a few more redwoods. This first step is to hopefully build a skeleton for a canopy. Next steps are going to be ground cover, and I will absolutely look into nutrient blends, I hadn’t even thought of it either. Fruit trees are in the plan, was thinking of some pawpaw trees. But everything is going to be native 100% to include the ground cover plants.
Can you post some pics of your setup? I’d love to see it.
Oh yeah we’re working with an arborist. So we’ve had to cut down 3 apple trees that were grown before we moved here. They were pretty huge and not taken care of, and had Apple scab that we couldn’t get under control.
There’s a crab apple here too that is slowly dying from the same thing. That will eventually get replaced as well.
It’s crazy how resistant native plants and trees are to these diseases. That’s a big motivator to keep it local.
I’ve never had a pawpaw fruit but from what I’ve read about them I’m willing to grow a few. Our yard has plenty of shade with more to come so we should be able to get them going in the back at least.