Hi all, I live in Fairview, NC zone 7. We just had a large steep bank cleared off which drops off about 20 feet from our house. I need to plant something to prevent erosion of the dirt, but not sure what to plant. I want to plant purple wintercreeper as a ground cover, but cant do that until April because of frost and too cold. Is there anything I can do until then or would it be safe to just leave it alone until April? Everyone around here keeps saying put rye grass on it. But I dont want that to interfere with planting the groundcover later or not even sure it would interfere. Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Glad I found this website, it's great!