permaculture

[Mary Beth Berkley <murbith@gmail.com>]

Hello all,

Can anyone give me any feedback on planting on dams.  As I understand it,
you should never plant anything with extensive root systems on a dam, nor
should you plant anything that will provide so much cover that animals
could create burrows that might weaken the dam without your being aware of
it.  All of the mainstream literature that I can find says to plant grass
and keep it mowed.  I tend to think that there must be a better way,
perhaps planting low growing pollinator plants (a foot or shorter) and
checking regularly for signs of animals moving in.  Does anyone have any
experience with this question, or know where I might get some good advice?

Thank you,

Mary Beth