Our garden is on a hillside, dropping about 30 feet from the upper to lower corners. Not only that, but the garden above is also on a slope and its water seems to channel to our upper opening. We've had some heavy rains at Education Gardens, and seen quite a bit of soil erosion.
We practice a number of erosion control techniques, contour planting, strips of grass and, there is a berm across part of the upper edge of the garden. Our gardeners helped us extend this berm with bags of leaves held in place by some of our left over stakes.
So far for our recent 1 inch rain fall it has kept the water from flowing in and washing out our new lettuce crop.
We practice a number of erosion control techniques, contour planting, strips of grass and, there is a berm across part of the upper edge of the garden. Our gardeners helped us extend this berm with bags of leaves held in place by some of our left over stakes.
So far for our recent 1 inch rain fall it has kept the water from flowing in and washing out our new lettuce crop.