How to Control Erosion 

Miguel, I've loved every dog I've owned, but if they're a digger in your lawn on a bank; if you've never had erosion, it's like what do you do except pull hair out of your head when you have a dog that digs. I'll figure out the dog digging part with help. Love my Raven, certified canine excavator. I'll fill in the holes with dirt, pack pack the soil down & put down a thick layer of good quality cypress mulch over top.

@@jeffreycraven8154 No he wasn't talking about the dog digging a hole. The great dane in the back ground was just about to take a crap.

YES I caught that too. I had to rewind to make sure that's what I saw. Too funny. She had to edit away fast.

I had 8” of mulch I’m allergic to, raspberries, and weeds, and ground cover. I pulled most of the weeds and unwanted ground cover out, but need something there. I think I’ll put raspberries back, and maybe herbs. Would that work?

It depends on where you live. You need to use indigenous grasses to your particular area. Find out what Ecological Vegetation Class (EVC) your area is in and plant indigenous or native plants as they have the deepest roots best for holding the soil together and stopping erosion. Ask a horticulturalist.

@@gunshotglitter84 thanks

along about half of the fence there's zoysia grass but it ends about a foot before the fence. The other half of the fence pretty much just has dirt in front of it. We've always had trouble with grass in that area because it was very shady but we got rid of a few small trees recently so there's a lot more sun available there now.

4 inches compost 4 inches wood chips! Spread on the lowest point! The rest fill with compost and sow the toughest grass you can find with the deepest root system. You should see results by the end of the summer

yeah they need to start planting deep rooted indigenous vegetation as the indigenous and native plants have the deepest roots and thats what holds the soil together.

There may be local government offices such as land management offices that can help with this. They know your specific region. I’d suppose the land used to be pretty good at keeping itself from eroding. Either that, or it was a part of an area that is just volatile and is disturbed by the stream. But in any case, ponder what it probably used to be like (head up stream and down stream to areas that have not been developed perhaps, and look at what it is like.) I’d suppose that native trees and plants held the soil there. If you leave the area alone, many native plants will come back, and over a couple hundred years it should be back to the best plants for that specific area and you wouldn’t have ruined it too bad. But maybe you could plant certain native trees and plants. (thats why I suggested the government offices before.) It may be easiest to just let the land go back to its original form and build your garden on the flattest area you can. BUT lets say you really need a garden, i’d suggest building retaining walls and terracing the ground that is bare or adding ditches parallel to the slope. That is how they do it in agricultural fields in the US.

you helped me a lot on my home work

the dog already sounds way better than you because it doesn't say stupid shit.