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In article <27754a4b.0403212134.46b57ec1@posting.google.com>,
<hpspamlessjeannie@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Must be a good feeling...I'm about ready to hire somebody to get rid
> of a bunch of periwinkle and dig out a bay tree so I can use the hole
> for a rhododendron that's outgrowing its planter.  It's
> dirt-under-the-fingernails weather for sure.
> 
> Probably a dumb question considering the source of the OP, but you did
> consider erosion when you cleared that hillside, right?  Are you
> planning to put anything on it to keep the dirt in place?  It'd be a
> drag to have to shovel your hillside off your driveway next
> winter--I've seen that happen more than once around here and it always
> amazes me how people can be that shortsighted.

I've lived here since 1995 and have carefully watched where any erosion
is occurring. There are some cuts in the various roads, such as Hames
Road, where slumping occurs. Most other places the drainage is
excellent, being that most of this area is in the Aromas Sand
Formation.

But on my own property, I made some new terraces a year ago, by digging
into hillsides and shoveling the sand onto a terrace, and carefully
watched for any slumping or erosion. None was seen, which is why I
expanded the program.

Even if some slumps occur, it'll be minor, as the extent of what I can
terrace is determined by how much muscle power I want to personally
expend (I do most of the shoveling, my tree trimmer does most of the
poison oak removal). 

The "acre" I am clearing is not actually being cleared to the ground
(except for any poison oak vines seen...they are pulled). What I'm
doing is having some dead madrones ("silvertips"--great firewood,
mostly harvested in most forests) and some scraggly bush trees (small
scrub oaks, hazelnuts) chainsawed out. This should not affect the
erosion of the soil, which is both well-drained, courtesy of the Aromas
Sand Formation, and not stripped bare.

Lastly, though my land is steep, it is not steep in the same way that
the Love Creek area was steep. Plenty of hillsides around here in
Corralitos are just grassy meadows, or vineyards, or orchards, and no
major landslides have been seen.

(The biggest landslide is the one that has kept Amesti Road closed
since the heavy rains of 1995: the state has decided that digging out
the roadbed, which is not covered very deeply, is not worth the
expenditure of tax dollars on. Better that thousands here in this area
pay many thousands per year in property taxes so that our money can be
shipped to South-Central LA to pay for Latandawanda X. Shabazz to have
a couple more bastard children. Some day we're going to have to kill
the politicians who stole from us and send millions of niggers up the
chimneys.)

--Tim May



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> Jeannie