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Wide-scale planting, as for groundcover or a garden, often results in temporarily bare topsoil that, depending on texture and slope, may be easily washed away by rain or blown away by wind. To avoid this, you can take several simple measures. The simplest for a flat cultivated area is to lay down a mulch, whether natural or plastic, that will hold the soil in place until the new root systems become established. If you’re planting individual plants on a slope with an existing cover, place a large rock on the downslope side of each plant. This will keep the loose soil from eroding away before the plant can fix it in place.
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