Hi there,

Not long moved out from the hustle & bustle of the Sunshine Coast strip to
acreage near Conondale near Maleny.

There's a dam with a steep clay bank that's eroded by rainfall. There are
some tiny native sapling trees struggling along.
I want to help these saplings along, stop the erosion (as it silts into the
dam), & try beautify the bank with further plantings.

Any ideas what I could do?

So far, I've put down some old wool carpet underlay & pinned it in place
with
thin el-cheapo tent pegs.
Further ideas:
To obtain more of this sort of natural fibre covering & cover the rest of
the bank where needed. Of course, having holes in the covering for the
saplings to grow.
Place mangled long sticks, & stake those in place rather like avalanche
prone areas.
Any long grass slashing; the clippings placed on the sticks.
Chuck any muddy dredging (mainly from the "estuary" part as it's boggy with
leaves & sticks) on the stick grass mix.
Cross my fingers, & hope it works!

Does this sound like it'd work? Any other ideas?

Rob