Culvert dilemna update; experiment #1.
I had a bunch of #3 rebar (3/8" dia) bent into hairpins about 24" long. The legs of the hairpins are about 3" apart. I pounded them in, spaced about 3" apart.


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the theory borrows from the simplistic genius of Dave's unsightly brush piles, only made of steel (soon to be rusty). We'll see if they start to collect the leaves after the first gulley washer rain...should work good for sticks and twigs.