What is the best way to stem soil erosion?
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Can you build a retaining wall from rocks. It is a lot of work and a lot of rocks but for the most part it's free. I live in a farming area so I have been able to get rocks from farmers who remove them from their fields and pile them. They are usually happy to let me take as many as I need.
Depending on where you live, take a look around at other riverbank properties. What do they use? There may be other plants that you can get (even for free) like cattails, mangrove, elephant ears or papyrus that will grow at or in the water to keep the soil in place. Or, while your gathering your materials you could get some of that builder's fence they sell at home stores and pound in the stakes at the waterline. The fence is tarp material and about 20 inches high. It will not keep the water level from rising and falling, but it will keep the dirt from sliding down the slope. I think it comes in fifty or 100 foot lengths and is fairly inexpensive.
You can stack sacks of cement/concrete (paper sacks) in the water at the edge of your property. The water will make them harden and create a wall to stop the river erosion.
Thank you for your suggestion.
All of the above are good solutions to your problem. A question for you is what are your eventual plans for the river portion of your property, just for viewing, fishing, swimming, boating...and so on?
Could how you handle the erosion problem weigh in on the later portion where the dumping was?
Boulders work too. Weed barrier underneath before you start.
These are all epic ideas. But if you want something a bit more green (literally) I suggest iceplant. They are sturdy as the roots go deep and are like one single organism. You can get a variety of colors depending on what you want. This link will help you choose the hardiness, colors, how to plant from clippings, etc. Hope this helps.
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