I'm including some photos. I made some steps down where I walk regularly to prevent erosion. One workers for heller's gas left his expensive trenching shovel here one day (score!!) so I dug out some shallow trenches while it was soft a few days after it had rained. and put some of those landscaping big wood things they use for drainage in there. They were pulled from my yard by my wife and I because they were put there by the old owner for drainage but they were falling apart from age... We dragged them into the entrance of our woods and I said I'd find a use for them. I did. I backfilled that with loose stones from near the quarry next door. Then I got the great idea to dump my walnut hulls there to compost since its not for the garden, and I figured it would just make more soil like material over the winter. I've been working that way trying to step my way down to the less steep grade. The neighbors house is like not too far from there. Theres a little clearing it opens up into, under a big big walnut tree. To the left theres all those things that grow sideways and a real steep slope. My property goes for a good distance in that direction . The slope is lined on top with that stand of black maples I mentioned earlier. It's a wonderful plot of land I'd like to stabilize the grade, eliminate invasive species, and make it a usable beautiful space. I really want to be able to garden that like I do the rest of my land, I want a little spot to sit in privacy, with shade plants. Maybe even something edible... Ps that house in the photos is mine. It's to show the path I made up the slope
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