Small hillside plot

I'm in the process of doing something similar. I'm gonna leaf blow the hill side. Spray any weeds,lime and seed the heck out of it with rye,oats,clover.
I think a tiller and hillside is asking for erosion. I would spray and broadcast seed into dead grass.

Yes its a flip of the coin. My orchard grass did well and covered 98% but not sure if its the best thing. I know wheat and clover I have down hill from it on a power line has done well.

That's ironic I have a powerline down from my hill too With a plot there.

Leave it alone "if it aint broke don't fix it"

How about a couple pear trees or crap apples for the orchard grass?

RonM said:

Leave it alone "if it aint broke don't fix it"

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Ron, you always give good advise I think your correct.

I did 2 apple trees last year even put a cage around them. Maybe I should put out a dozen trees instead of planting things

I did 2 apple trees last year even put a cage around them. Maybe I should put out a dozen trees instead of planting things

I agree with this

I wouldn't till it up or kill the grass entirely. You could try removing some of the thatch down to bare dirt next spring and frost seeding clover into the grass. That's what I did in the field behind my house. The guy we bought the place from kept it mowed as part of the yard. There was no way I was mowing that much grass every week so I decided to take about 2 acres of it, letting about half of it go feral and putting roughly an acre into food plot. I frost seeded clover and limed it last year. Clover came up ok but was thin and not what I was expecting. So I removed the thatch this year and limed it again prior to frost seeding and sprayed it with arrow about 2-3 weeks ago. What a difference it made just killing some of the grass off. The clover is coming in real nice now. Deer are in the plot every morning and night. The other half I left feral had stilt grass and golden rod chest high last year which is exactly what I wanted to happen.

I have wheat and clover in power line plot, very efficient.