Hi,
Last year I hand excavated a vast amount of the ground in front of our patio doors to create a proper garden area for entertaining etc. The material that came out is fully glacial till- ie sand/gravel/stones/small boulders and I dumped it across the way down an existing unstable slope, which must be near 45 degrees, 5m down. It's added a few feet width to the top area (which shows no sign of slippage down the slope or water channels etc,) and I was hoping that time and water percolation may cause it to bind over time.
I've put down 6 inches of soil on the top(level) part of the slope and seeded it, hopefully when this is established the top of the slope will be fully protected.
I would however like to somehow grass the slope as it looks bad from the road, but to just put soil on it and seed it might not work- it might just destabilise and slip like an avalanche does?
Any ideas how I could stabilise the slope? I've considered using some form of wire/synthetic netting down the slope and try and stake it from the top, add soil and seed it, maybe some grasses that like sh*te conditions?
Another idea would be to bang in some rebar or rods across the face of the slope and add some timber edging to stop the soil slipping down- sort of terracing, and then work from the bottom up the slope doing this, adding soil to the existing rubbish and mix it in in small bays then seed it. The timber would not be visible and may eventually rot out but hopefully this would be years away and the slope may be stable by then?
Any advice appreciated- it's so steep no one will be walking on it and if it's grassed it'll be cut with a flymo on a rope most likely
Last year I hand excavated a vast amount of the ground in front of our patio doors to create a proper garden area for entertaining etc. The material that came out is fully glacial till- ie sand/gravel/stones/small boulders and I dumped it across the way down an existing unstable slope, which must be near 45 degrees, 5m down. It's added a few feet width to the top area (which shows no sign of slippage down the slope or water channels etc,) and I was hoping that time and water percolation may cause it to bind over time.
I've put down 6 inches of soil on the top(level) part of the slope and seeded it, hopefully when this is established the top of the slope will be fully protected.
I would however like to somehow grass the slope as it looks bad from the road, but to just put soil on it and seed it might not work- it might just destabilise and slip like an avalanche does?
Any ideas how I could stabilise the slope? I've considered using some form of wire/synthetic netting down the slope and try and stake it from the top, add soil and seed it, maybe some grasses that like sh*te conditions?
Another idea would be to bang in some rebar or rods across the face of the slope and add some timber edging to stop the soil slipping down- sort of terracing, and then work from the bottom up the slope doing this, adding soil to the existing rubbish and mix it in in small bays then seed it. The timber would not be visible and may eventually rot out but hopefully this would be years away and the slope may be stable by then?
Any advice appreciated- it's so steep no one will be walking on it and if it's grassed it'll be cut with a flymo on a rope most likely