Healing washouts and gullies caused by water runoff

We had a gully in our pasture that kept getting more eroded every time it rained. I tried several things and only one worked well.

[@whoaitsally7676]

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If I weren't interested in gardening (which I am), I would still watch your videos for the voices.

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[@katherinekessler6051]

I dont know much about landscaping, but I found this very interesting and helpful

[@vickisavage8929]

EXACTLY what I needed for the gully next to my road which is in the process of eating my road. I was ready to plant it with kudzu and Japanese knotweed. THANK YOU!

[@hillbillyhullabaloo]

Never plant kudzu

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

Kudzu is a very invasive plant and will kill other plants, trees, etc by smothering them and will tear down fences. It takes many years of fighting to get rid of it and poisons and gasoline don’t work unless you have some DDT then you might be able to kill it but it will kill everything else too including you if you’re not careful.

[@ChrisfromGeorgia]

@@hillbillyhullabalooYou’re right. The next video she’d be watching is how to get rid of kudzu.

[@TaLeng2023]

Oh no not the kudzu! 💀

[@jac1797]

Why not create a swale. So the water doesn't run off and you can water your pasture with it.

[@1andonly222]

Any Terraced slope with the right placement of vegetation will always work and terracing can be done at any budget level …I did this same thing with some other stuff to help with tooo much water and not enough drainage and terraced a slope for a garden !!! I’m glad to see you making use of what the land provides ! Instead of disturbing it

[@HavaWM]

YOU’RE BACK!!! Yay! Loved it - thanks for sharing. Can’t wait for more ingenious, lazy ideas from you. 👏

[@cayleeburns6352]

The "runnoft" comment had me subscribed immediately. 😂 my kind of people!

[@enigmawyoming5201]

I wish you would have demonstrated your highly skilled technique of properly placing the branches on the ground a few more times. You made it look so easy! 😊. Great video made my watching another 10 times to study that technique throughly was quite enjoyable. I’m subscribing!

[@janej813]

Thank You for sharing your knowledge, PRICELESS!

[@turnipsucks6416]

Great info and might actually be too easy.

[@cameroneverhart6443]

Hey Jeff, been watching your videos for awhile now. The first one i watched was the back to Eden info you gave regarding Bermuda. I am a big fan of your videos, thank you so much for all of your content. I was just wondering where you live? I'm in Charlotte area and have been messing around with back to Eden method as well but kind of infused the Charles Dowding no dig version of it to, like you said, handle the Bermuda. So, your words are true !! I have many gullies from previous owners and will try this. Thank you again

[@G.I.JeffsWorkbench]

Great tip. Thanks for sharing.

[@celticfiddle7605]

Ha Ha we had the same problem and husband came to the same conclusion and we had the same successful outcome!! Funny video! Keep 'em coming!!👍

[@luadraponies]

Swales deep enough across the slope

[@jimmyjohnson7041]

Consider asking a farmer to buy usd or new net wrap from or for round bales. Lay it down......tack it in place using small wire " J " hooks. Seed it.......and once established........pull up the net wrap and wire hooks. Net wrap does not rot !

[@musicteacher5757]

My place is mostly flat, but the contractor who maintains our dirt roads have no concept of run-offs - they keep creating gullies and run-offs, tear up the grass and weeds on slopes and... Destroy the roads and ditches.

[@betsymobbs8648]

I am going to try this! Thanks!

[@hillbillyhullabaloo]

My neighbors thought I was crazy and lazy because I filled my driveway gully with limbs and leaves.

[@hermanhale9258]

My neighbors complained, complained and even sent a guy on a lawn mower to run over my (smallish) branches and grind them up. I patched up my driveway gullies, finally, but other parts of the yard are looking worse than they did before.

[@jfbaro2]

Sorry for the stupid question, but planting lines (perpendicular) of vetiver would do any good to the soil and increase the absorption of water into the ground? Thanks

[@SETTAPERFORMANCE]

Do I have to have soil or will the erosion control work over clay

[@dagoram]

So that's all you need ??? Even for a steeper slope this is the process? My first thought was biting the bullet and making a retainer wall

[@hermanhale9258]

Your "thin and bare" patches look like my yard.

[@jerry5234]

Was that RUNNOFT from "Oh Brother Where Art Thou"?

[@Davidhillborn]

Good video.

[@wildandliving1925]

Tractor.with box blade make the hill wider and less steep. The trees would fix the problem

[@dusan19377]

My neighbor has pretty serious erosion in the end of the property, to the point the trees are falling down. So he collected all kinds of trash like fridges, old glass, metal scraps, old car parts, wheels etc and he kept piling it ans the erosion filled in the gaps with dirt and then it covered it all up. Now the trees are growing from there and they are entangled with the garbage down below and his land is stable... So... It's not eko way but it works and now it looks nice 😅

[@jimmyjohnson7041]

Could accomplish the same by filling in the gullies and reseed them. But.....widen the area out so the water spreads out........and remove all trees ....because grass dont grow where there is shade. Im familiar.......on my own property... the former owner dumped at least 1000 car tires in a waterway........and it only caused more erosion because it cuts around and over each tire. I removed all the tires...reseeded it.......and two days later the entire water way was washed out again.....and deeper 5 foot deep. So........ I started at the bottom.... filled in and reseeded 100 foot......and it also washed out. Had 7 heavy rains in one year. Then...I started over again the next year. Now...... I have a 700 foot waterway ( pure sand ).........Looks like a golf course ! It takes time to do things right !

[@hermanhale9258]

@@jimmyjohnson7041 I was thinking today, I wish I could gather up all the tires thrown around and use them on my slope to stop erosion. But it would look terrible. Thanks for the info.

[@jimmyjohnson7041]

@@hermanhale9258 Enjoy your tire project !

[@hermanhale9258]

@@jimmyjohnson7041 No way. You just said it did not work. I saw a video with a woman who lived on a very steep slope and she got heat treated wooden pallets (HT = no chemicals) and sank them in the slope, filled them with dirt and added plants. She said in a year the plants would grow enough to hold the soil and the pallets could rot away. I don't even know if we have HT pallets here, but I am going to try that, anyway.

[@hermanhale9258]

@@jimmyjohnson7041 Sand on a slope? How is that a good idea?

[@alexguest3194]

Wholesome content

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

You might want to plant wheat, barley, and other grains in that area. It will hold the soil, provide nutrients, and the animals will like it also. Then you can plant the grass once it has something to hold onto without being washed away. Checkout the Farmers Almanac for ideas also. 💡👍

[@LeoDaShaman]

Genius👌🏾

[@danmosby7980]

why are you not creating swales or rock damns?

[@jimmyjohnson7041]

Because rocks /stones create churning !!!! Never dump rocks or stones in a washout ....that goes for tires also ! Widen out the water way.......remove trees.....seed the area down to grass ! Pay attention to creeks...... a tree or rock creates churning and will change the water flow over time. Grass......allows for cover of the soil. This man is right.....but also wrong. Seed the area down.....remove anything that creates churning ! Ive use mesh wrap from round bales.......tacked down with tiny " J " hooks to hold it in place. Works great.......but takes time to do !

[@Dorpers89]

O brother 👍

[@CariMachet]

I love you

[@tadhoney5489]

Used Christmas trees

[@melaniekeen3611]

Erosion control blanket

[@mavrickjohn1]

I disagree with you. The branches that you’re throwing down to the ground should have the park closest to the trunk facing uphill. This is especially important when it’s a deep gully. The force the water coming down will dig the fine branches on the downhill side into the ground, and start building up the soil. An old friend of mine from Oklahoma showed me this trick and she failed in a gully. It would tear the guts out of your truck if you tried driving over it and she did it in one year.

[@newbluerugby]

I’m only 10sec in & you just made me not even wanna finish watching this & get any bad ideas

[@hillbillyhullabaloo]

Those yellow flowers are toxic.

[@JeffGray]

Yep. Packera. It used to be all through the field but now it’s only in a couple small patches.

[@jimmyjohnson7041]

Wash outs are formed by water.............focused in and over a small area. No different then taking a water hose and pointing it into the dirt. So....to prevent erosion ? Allow the water to spread out which slows it down and creates less force ! That means.....get rid of any trees / brush of which the roots cause churning and shade where grass will not grow ! Seed the area.......do it in small increments in case the next day you have a flood .......everything is in vain ! You can also seed the area......place a tarp over the area....allowing the grass to germinate.........protecting it from any heavy rains until its established ! Tack the upper end in dirt preventing water from going under the tarp !