Sunday, June 29, 2008

Land Slide - River Sand and Rock Back-fill

We hand shoveled 2 full dump truck loads of river rock and sand into the derrumbe to back fill the gabion boxes. I am getting very strong at shoveling! We then planted the entire area with vetiver grass to further stabilize the slide.


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The Vetiver Network (International) said...

You could use vetiver to stabilize these steeps slopes and prevent landslides. See http://www.vetiver.org/INR-%20Highway.pdf Photo number 3 of this series shows vetiver being planted on a fill slope. This is a good example of how not to plant vetiver - the result will be a failure. Vetiver must be planted close together as a hedgerow.

January 21, 2009 at 7:32 PM

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