Erosion and soil loss are history’s leading farmland killers, so we are always looking for ways to keep our soil right where we want it.
These pictures show a ditch stabilization project that we are undertaking with California Bio-Worm, a Santa Paula based startup. Elmo Iadevaia and his team have been great partners!
The next step is to backfill the wattles with compost. This will encourage root growth from the avocados and anchor a cover crop of mint to stabilize the bank.
A little more reconstruction of this ditch will widen it to slow the water, reducing erosion and improving infiltration into the soil.
We will also experiment with growing vegetables and cuttings directly into the soil filled wattles. But that is another story!
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