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  • Jan 7, 2011, 12:16 PM
    juggalommfcl
    My front yard is an almost 75 degree slop dirt keeps washing away
    I can't put anything worthwhile out there people steal everything here they stole my garden house lol I was thinking of putting up a rock wall but where the road is at the bottom of the slope the idiots who built this house for my wife basically built it into the side of a hill and sadly the area they left for a front yard has already washed away a lot. I went out and tried to bring back some of the dirt that had covered the sidewalk down the road but sadly that will wash away again. I don't know what to do we are not rich and if I can't stop this the front of the house will eventually fall when the erosion gets to the house.
  • Jan 7, 2011, 12:20 PM
    ma0641
    You can try some rock berms across the yard and plant ground cover between the berms.
  • Jan 7, 2011, 12:25 PM
    smoothy

    Build the rock wall, and backfill it as you find fill. Don't forget weep holes for the water to drain or the wall will fail.
  • Jan 7, 2011, 12:44 PM
    summer_girl
    I second the groundcover/ erosion control plants.
  • Jan 7, 2011, 01:04 PM
    smoothy

    75 degree slope is really steep... VERY hard to get groundcover to survive and grow. If it's a north facing slope its even harder, it would get the least amount of sunlight You stand the best chance on a southern exposed slope, that would see the most sunlight.
  • Jan 7, 2011, 01:32 PM
    joypulv
    Chicken wire and landscape staples. Plants grow up through it. Hosta hold soil best but is expensive, unless you ask around the neighborhood. Pachysandra, ground juniper are evergreen.
  • Jan 7, 2011, 01:40 PM
    smoothy

    How about a combination of terracing and ground cover...

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