[Pil-pc-oceania] Compacting / protecting stream banks

[stevehart at maxnet.co.nz]

Compacting / protecting stream banks...Lind..sounds like you need a range
of work...obviously including long term planting...my memory of Gisborne
including the name it has many exotic species prevalent...so you may have
no concerns over using exotic material...IMO you'll need to get some
aggressive large specimen grasses into the bank ready for any autumn
rains.....of course there are many Aust native grasses that do really
well...many are used in city landscapes...mass plant them...you could also
consider the pennisetum varieties..large aggressive varieties...there are
some Aust natives in nthis family . The larger Poa varieties will do well
also. But be aware that you will need to plant shrub and tree cover too
for the grassess will support water running off rather than being absorbed
as the shrub and tree roots will. If ya not an indigenous psycho a good
river/straem bank tree is Alder or Alnus 6/7 varieties erect quick
growing...what education program have you got lined up ? Fruiting cherry
will do the tree job too...perhaps an opportunity to get fruit trees right
through with comfrey, turnip, daikon, mustard  underlayer....go
hard..Steve Hart

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>    I've had a hard disk crash, and although things were backed up,
> inevitably the most important, most urgent material wasn't yet. So, I have
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> From: Linda Shewan <linda.shewan at bryn.com.au>
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> School management had a stream/diversion drain put in to divert water from
> our school carpark down to the dam and wetlands at the back of the school.
> This was completed in November. The good news is that the dam is full! The
> bad news is that the stream banks were not compacted and there is a lot of
> erosion happening as water runs off from all over the school.
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> I understand you need a sheet foot roller or a vibrating sheet foot roller
> to compact dams etc properly.
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> Does anyone know of anyone around Gisborne, VIC  that has this equipment?
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> And does anyone know what angles they can work at? The creek sides are
> angled about 45 degrees.
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> Any other ideas... we are looking at funding for planting to stabilise the
> banks but winter will be upon us by then and they will not be established
> enough to make any real difference for this year I would think? Or am I
> wrong in that assumption?
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> Thanks for your help, Linda
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