Having recently shared with us their gardening journey as our Featured Growers, Katrina and Clayton (@buildingafoodforest_scotland) also shared with us their experiences of using coir erosion sheet blankets.
Katrina and Clayton used the coir erosion sheet blankets on their muddy sloped pathway. There was no prep work needed, as Katrina says, “already had been sheet mulched for 18mth so had no grass, just mud.”
Explaining why they used it, Katrina says, “As it is on a slope, anything we put on here ends up moving or washing down the bottom. We tried walking across the sheet mulched area but would just slip over, so had to make a dedicated pathed area. This was a great alternative to adding woodchips, stones or sheet mulching. It is very stable and soaks up water when it rains.”
She also explained how it was put down, “we ran a rack down the path to collect anything there. Then we rolled it out and cut it slightly longer than needed so we could fold it under to pin, so no loose bits would get caught. We pinned it with standard U shaped metal tent/garden pegs every 20cm or so, making sure to pull it tight before pegging in.”
It didn’t take long to install the coir erosion sheet blankets, as Katrina reflects, “it was very easy to do, had the children help do the task, only took around 20 mins to do each one.”
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