Field notes
Notes from the hill.
Grade math, safety, vegetation, and the parts of slope work that never make it into a brochure. Written from jobs in Western North Carolina.
October 28, 2026
Slope basics
When a hill stops being a mower job
Grade math, machine ratings, and the point where a steep bank in Western North Carolina stops being mowable from the seat — plus how a slope gets read before it gets quoted.
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October 14, 2026
Safety
Seven questions to ask before you put a crew on that bank
A practical safety checklist for property managers, HOA boards, and municipalities hiring slope mowing in Western North Carolina: machine ratings, insurance, fail-safes, and access plans.
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September 30, 2026
Solar
Vegetation management on sloped solar arrays
Why sloped rows cost more to maintain, what shade actually does to string output, and a practical mowing calendar for solar sites in Western North Carolina.
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September 16, 2026
Terrain
Kudzu, briar, and six-foot fescue: what grows back on a Blue Ridge bank
A field guide to the vegetation that takes over steep ground in Western North Carolina, why timing beats effort, and when mowing alone won't solve the problem.
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