#1: vegetating eroded bank
Posted on 2006-06-03 23:27:33 by SpamSuks
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
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#2: Re: vegetating eroded bank
Posted on 2006-06-04 08:43:39 by Farm1
"Rob & Shel" <SpamSuks@DontSendItToMe.com>
> 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.
If the sapplings are on the wall of the dam, then remove them (I
suspect theya rent' but don't ever grow tress on the dam wall)
If the treesa re behind the dam in the dirrection that the water flows
in from then leave 'em and add anything liek old tyres etc that will
catcht he silt flowing in and revegetate with grasses reeds or
anything that you can get to grow.
>
> 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! ;)
All sounds OK and should work. Look and no doubt you'll learn what
works as you go along.
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#3: Re: vegetating eroded bank
Posted on 2006-06-04 22:51:29 by SpamSuks
Cheers :)
"Farm1" <please@askifyouwannaknow> wrote in message
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> "Rob & Shel" <SpamSuks@DontSendItToMe.com>
>
>> 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.
>
> If the sapplings are on the wall of the dam, then remove them (I
> suspect theya rent' but don't ever grow tress on the dam wall)
>
> If the treesa re behind the dam in the dirrection that the water flows
> in from then leave 'em and add anything liek old tyres etc that will
> catcht he silt flowing in and revegetate with grasses reeds or
> anything that you can get to grow.
>>
>> 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! ;)
>
> All sounds OK and should work. Look and no doubt you'll learn what
> works as you go along.
>
>
>
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#4: Re: vegetating eroded bank
Posted on 2006-06-05 09:44:46 by ianstanleygardens
If you can get in good with a local quarry or mine site there is a new
grass on the market called vetiver grass, it is sterile and is used in
the control of sediment flow and bank stabalisation in mine sites and
such. otherwise use tussocky grasses and related things such as
lomandra.
Rob & Shel wrote:
> 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
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#5: Re: vegetating eroded bank
Posted on 2006-06-06 02:01:59 by Chookie
In article <4481feca@quokka.wn.com.au>,
"Rob & Shel" <SpamSuks@DontSendItToMe.com> wrote:
> 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?
Ring Landcare for advice, or other local "green" groups -- Greening Australia,
Australian Plants Society, etc. They should be able to advise you what to
plant.
--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)
"Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may
start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue
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#6: Re: vegetating eroded bank
Posted on 2006-06-07 22:27:21 by SpamSuks
Many thanks, Group, for your replies :)
Rob
"Chookie" <ehrebeniuk@fowlspambegone.com.au> wrote in message
news:ehrebeniuk-D53838.10015906062006@news-vip.optusnet.com.au...
> In article <4481feca@quokka.wn.com.au>,
> "Rob & Shel" <SpamSuks@DontSendItToMe.com> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> Ring Landcare for advice, or other local "green" groups -- Greening
> Australia,
> Australian Plants Society, etc. They should be able to advise you what to
> plant.
>
> --
> Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
> (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)
>
> "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You
> may
> start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
> Kerry Cue
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#7: Re: vegetating eroded bank
Posted on 2006-06-08 07:40:40 by FlowerGirl
"Rob & Shel" <SpamSuks@DontSendItToMe.com> wrote in message
news:4481feca@quokka.wn.com.au...
> 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.
snip
Be careful with plantings on a dam bank / wall.
Greening Australia are probably the best contacts for advice in Qld .
Here's a starting point: http://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/GA/QLD/
...and here's a link to some of their erosion control info ....
http://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/GA/QLD/OnGroundAction/Ou r+Services/Erosi
on+and+sediment+control/
or try: http://tinyurl.com/lwcsy if that link doesn't work.
....but better to ring them and discuss.
I'd suggest sticking to grasses, rushes and ground cover on the bank near
the dam. If it flows to a gully, I'd plant the trees there.
Cheers
Amanda
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