Slope and Erosion Control
Track Walking a Slope Before Seed and Rain Arrive
You finish grading a slope, the surface looks smooth and clean, and then the first half-inch rain cuts little channels straight...
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Holding a graded slope in place through the first hard rain and every one after it.
Slope and Erosion Control
You finish grading a slope, the surface looks smooth and clean, and then the first half-inch rain cuts little channels straight...
Slope and Erosion Control
You seeded a fresh cut slope, laid down a roll of straw blanket, and after the first heavy storm there are muddy rills running...
Slope and Erosion Control
A fresh slope rarely fails because of the rain that falls on it.
Slope and Erosion Control
A freshly graded swale looks clean until the first storm sends water down it fast enough to cut a trench right through the...
Slope and Erosion Control
After one hard storm, the small rut on your graded slope is now a trench you can stand in.
Slope and Erosion Control
Last spring I drove past a hillside lot two days after a two inch rain and counted eleven straw wattles lying at the bottom of...