"Terryc" wrote in message
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FarmI wrote:

By 'head' I mean the point where the erosion starts - often jsut a tiny
point of erosion in the grass, but widening out as you go downhill to God
knows how big at the end of the gully.

My understanding is that it is the velocity of the water that does the
damage, aka washes the soil away.

Have you tried the carpet trick? Peg carpet up from and over the head.
Ideally this protects the soil at the head from being washed away and
eroded area expanding. Hopefully by the time the carpet rots away, grass
has established strongly. Carpet will also hold soil on top to help grass,
etc, establish.

am doing sheet composting (literally with old sheets!) on the flatter areas
of erosion. i know that will work. the bad one i refer to here really needs
filling up, however, i think there would be usefulness in using fabric (held
by wire, probably) over the actual soil before filling with other stuff. (or
just getting machinery in like farm1 says).
kylei