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mojo
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2019 13:56
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Anyone have any experience with it?

I cleared maybe 3/4 acre on my slope for the build site and looking for a low maintenance and native ground cover. Lowbush blueberries were one recommendation from my local university's horticulture dept.

The clearing is currently occupied by braken ferns, blackberries, and beech saplings. I'm planning to kill them off this fall and bring in the blueberry mats in spring.

https://wildsodsofmaine.com/pictures-of-our-blueberry-sod/

fiftyfifty
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2019 20:54
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Oh interesting. I have a slope I've cleared and we've been digging up plants and transplanting them individually. But the ground is so rocky everywhere, that it is hard to dig them up and also hard to transplant them and maybe only 1 of 5 survive.

DaveBell
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# Posted: 1 Aug 2019 00:44
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Bear feeder. Great idea, but too many bears around my area.

Brettny
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# Posted: 1 Aug 2019 08:02
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You could do pachysandra also. It spreads by its self prety easily.

mojo
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# Posted: 1 Aug 2019 09:34
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Quoting: DaveBell
Bear feeder. Great idea, but too many bears around my area.


I've got them all over my area too....had a sow with cubs pop up routinely on my trail cam all spring.

I was debating the negative effects of providing some food to my bears, but seeing as they're already there, and the current cover is mostly blackberries, I don't see this making it any worse really. Blueberries aren't exactly hard to find around my area, so it's not like I'm creating a unique food source that would attract them for miles.

The bears are still very wild and skittish in this area too, and I've got a hunting dog that wouldn't hesitate for a second to act as a "deterrent" when we're up there.

mojo
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# Posted: 1 Aug 2019 09:37
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Quoting: Brettny
ou could do pachysandra also. It spreads by its self prety easily.


I've got that in places around the house, but I'm keeping my mountain land all natural.....and a plant from Japan isn't natural. I'm only looking at natives.

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