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Good morning all.
We just cut in a new (steep)embankment so it's pure mud. Just yesterday we planted pachysandra (thanks Fern Valley!) to help with the erosion that is inevitable. Now I'm wondering about the impending rain. Any ideas of what can be done to keep the soil in place over the next week of storms? Seems like if we put down burlap or other material the soil will move underneath it. Would newspaper or paper mulch help? Any ideas appreciated! Raleighgirl |
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How about rocks?
Yesterday, I extended a small dry creek bed that I built to catch rain run off. It was about 30 feet long and I added 10 feet to it. I used some leftover rip rap rocks that I had from when I lined the original creek a few years ago. However, I did not have enough - so I have been looking around to pick up a few dozen pieces of rock before the storm comes in. Well, this morning, when picking up the Sunday paper at the end of the driveway, I talked with my neighbor for a while. Whe I asked him about rocks, he pointed to those that were piled up on either side of my driveway!. So, I do not have to go far to 'borrow' a few rocks. As for your concern of erosion, I am thinking that that maybe you could apply the same idea. I know in the culvert/driveway situation, the rocks are used specifically to slow down the water so that it does not pick up dirt and take it away. If you have sprigs of pachysandra distributed, you might want to lay in rocks all around the plantings. I don't think the plants will suffer any from rocks covering the soil. Then when the plants start to gain strength, you could remove a few rocks at a time - allowing the pachysandra to spread. But keeping erosion control by balancing the number of rocks and plants - until it is all plants. Then you can reuse the rocks some where else. Choose your rock size depending on how far apart you have planted the pachysandra. Just an idea - let me know how you make out. Robert "Raleighgirl" wrote in message om... Good morning all. We just cut in a new (steep)embankment so it's pure mud. Just yesterday we planted pachysandra (thanks Fern Valley!) to help with the erosion that is inevitable. Now I'm wondering about the impending rain. Any ideas of what can be done to keep the soil in place over the next week of storms? Seems like if we put down burlap or other material the soil will move underneath it. Would newspaper or paper mulch help? Any ideas appreciated! Raleighgirl |
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On 2005-08-28, Raleighgirl wrote:
Good morning all. We just cut in a new (steep)embankment so it's pure mud. Just yesterday we planted pachysandra (thanks Fern Valley!) to help with the erosion that is inevitable. Now I'm wondering about the impending rain. Any ideas of what can be done to keep the soil in place over the next week of storms? Seems like if we put down burlap or other material the soil will move underneath it. Would newspaper or paper mulch help? Any ideas appreciated! Raleighgirl You did not say if the top of the embankment is the highest point or not. If it is then tarps would work if you have enough stuff to weight them down to prevent the wind from lifting. If there is higher ground above the cut soil then you will need to divert the water coming from futther up hill around the embankment so it will not run under the tarp. Dig a trench or put landscape timbers down, flip the tarp so it hands over the timber and then weight with more timbers or dirt. Good luck. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. is a garbage address. |
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wrote in message . .. | On 2005-08-28, Raleighgirl wrote: | Good morning all. | We just cut in a new (steep)embankment so it's pure mud. Just | yesterday we planted pachysandra (thanks Fern Valley!) to help | with the erosion that is inevitable. Now I'm wondering about the | impending rain. Any ideas of what can be done to keep the soil | in place over the next week of storms? Seems like if we put down | burlap or other material the soil will move underneath it. Would | newspaper or paper mulch help? Any ideas appreciated! | Raleighgirl | | | | You did not say if the top of the embankment is the highest point or | not. If it is then tarps would work if you have enough stuff to weight | them down to prevent the wind from lifting. | | If there is higher ground above the cut soil then you will need to | divert the water coming from futther up hill around the embankment so it | will not run under the tarp. Dig a trench or put landscape timbers | down, flip the tarp so it hands over the timber and then weight with | more timbers or dirt. | | Good luck. | | -- | Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. Thanks for the ideas everybody! There's a retaining wall at the top, then a 3' wide flat spot ("all the better for your flowers dear") then a very steep, short (5') hill then another flat spot next to the porch. We connected plastic to the retaining wall and covered the flat part then put down paper mulch on the hill. I like the rock idea + someone else suggested timbers and boards vertically on the hill. Since I've used every rock on the property for landscaping, I may have to really search to find more. 8o) Will let you know how things work once the deluge begins. Grow pachysandra, grow! Raleighgirl |
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