Revegetation Recipe

Planting for erosion control isn’t like tending a garden. The scale of such projects—often covering acres or miles—makes it impossible to give each site the “tender loving care” one might lavish on a favorite flowerbed. Yet the required tasks are somewhat the same; one chooses the right seeds for the site and climate, uses mulch to keep the soil moist and combat weeds, and enriches the soil to make sure it provides the best growing medium.