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

Thank you everyone for your responses!

Mary Beth

On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 4:03 PM Darrell E. Frey <defrey@bioshelter.com>
wrote:

> Well, dams do vary in size, from small farm ponds to lakes. And so the
> width of dams may vary considerably. Still it's important to keep tree
> roots from affecting the integrity of the dam.  There is no reason to not
> plant a native meadow mix. But annual mowing is advised to keep trees from
> getting started.
>
> Darrell E. Frey
> www.threesisterspermaculture.com
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> On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:21:31 -0500, 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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