Grassed Waterways

Perennial grasses in drainage ditch

Perennial vs. Annual Grass Roots

Eroding ditch on USDA Research site

Site prepared with drip lines

USDA site (.25 ac) seeded with perennial grasses (rate: 60#/ac mixed grasses), with drip lines and straw (54 bales/ac)

Good stand of grasses and yarrow

Taking some water, a year later. Small sediment basins alongside the waterway prevent silt from filling up the channel.

Native grasses and California poppies on a steep acre taken out of strawberries