Burlap! That is a good idea! I just heavily seeded my spillway because the contractor had had some negative experiences with using rip rap (washes dirt out from underneath rip rap so continually sinks) and so he recommended against it.

Now I'm thinking that I should have put burlap in the spillway, sowed it, and had the grass seed sprout through it to help hold the soil. Would that have worked?

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