Harvesting tumble weed for arroyo garlands. |
The same arroyo as shown below with rock added to the check dam with installed tumble weed garland. |
A problem arroyo early in the treatment phase. Note small check dam. |
Rock soil barrier at the corner of Painted Pony Road. Note 2 layers of rock as the barrier stops sediment from eroding the barrier must be raised. |
We have oodles of rocks to use in such a fashion. [and we do] I have pulled tumbleweed up on our property, hopefully its gone although down the hill from here. I never heard of 'tumbleweed garlands'
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No shortage of rocks in the valley that's for sure. The tumbleweed garlands are an attempt to use the resource for something productive. Since when dry tumbleweeds "tumble" tying them together into a garland then placing placing them in an arroyo keeps them from blowing away and provides biomass to catch sediment and slows the water flow. In combination with small check dams it is possible to keep soil from moving downstream.
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