Preventing soil erosion on a hillside is a steep challenge. The incline or rise of the slope makes it prone to a faster rate of landslide and erosion. A compact and elegant solution to this is to terrace your hill. Using homegrown and natural materials, you can put together a series of ...
Terraced farming needs to be implemented to make hillside agriculture manageable. Terraces prevent erosion and allow more water to flow to crops. In addition, hillside farm fields need full crop cover to help keep the soil in place. This can be accomplished by intercropping, which means growing ...
Erosion control: Do you need to take measures to stop erosion while clearing the land? Land accessibility: How easy will it be to drive equipment through your land?Erosion controlDo you need to clear land on a hillside? In that case, it has higher risks of soil erosion if you remove ...
Use as hedging, screening, in a mixed border, or as foundation plantings. For slopes and hillsides: Groundcover and smaller shrub roses are suitable for massing along a slope or hillside for erosion control. For containers: Choose small-to-medium varieties and plant in containers that are ...
Binhai Volcano National Geological Park is located on the coast of Jinsha in the outer suburbs of Dalian. The reefs, after years of erosion and weathering, have become a unique form of natural art, while the rocks along the shore are made up of ancient mineral deposits and fossils from as...
Problem SolversDeer Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Groundcover, Slope/Erosion Control Where to Plant Dianthus When planting dianthus, look for a location with lots of sunlight—ideally, one that enjoys at least six hours of full sun per day. If that’s not an option, partial shade is suitable...
“With the rainy season just ahead, the aftermath of the Creek Fire will challenge our water systems for years to come. Erosion will send toxic debris and sediment cascading into streams, rivers, and reservoirs, reducing their capacity to carry and hold water. Dirty air, dirty water, and the...
“I’m on a consistent mission right now to find highly aggressive and thuggish native plants,” she says. “I am looking for native species that have all the ecological value, that can outcompete some of the invasive stuff we’re dealing with.” ...
and the challenge steps up a gear. Forget tractors, gradients here often require all those extra organic treatments to be carried out by hand. Intense rainfall on a steep slope brings even more expensive problems for organic and conventional growers alike, ranging from soil erosion to full-scale...
There has been a hillside trail for almost 25 years in this area, but this is the first time someone has endeavored to put in abona fidestairway. It goes fairly slowly as they are using 6×6″ rough cut beams for the construction, with rebar anchors and 12″ screws between the timbers...