permaculture

[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

Don't let gophers or moles get started on or near the dam. My thoughts are
to plant Kentucky 31 Fescue really carefully and let it become a mature
stand with very good root systems without clumping. Keep it mowed tall
and don;t use a mower, use an Austrian scythe, lightweight, effective, easy
to control, lots of different types of blades available. Sources include
Scythe Works and One Scythe Revolution. The density of the planting is
important; use just the right amount of seed in really well prepared and
fertilized soil.
Probably best to plant in early spring. Do a search for optimum seeding
rate, i.e. spacing on individual grass plants; this would be a good idea.
Info is probably readily available even recommendations for planting grass
on a dam.
Scythe Works
https://scytheworks.ca/
One Scythe Revolution
https://www.onescytherevolution.com/index.html


On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 11:21 AM Mary Beth Berkley <murbith@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
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Lawrence F. London, Jr.
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