Tips for maintaining earthworks terraces and #erosion

Two key activities help maintain earthworks terraces. 1. Management of erosion and water run off. 2. Ditching the lower channel. Both keep soil and nutrients on the earthworks.

Remember, the best earthworks have deep rooting cover crops on the bund and retaining wall. This earthworks terrace didn’t take cover due to season. So as the weather warms corrections are made.

If each year you do this maintenance, you’ll build up your terrace and secure the structure. Soil will move up slope. You’ll have cover as fodder, as well as additional growing spaces.

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