Planting something anywhere there is bare ground would be advised, even in the pond hole. This will help keep erosion to a minimum. I have used the regular ole' fescue and rye contractors mix from menard's. I used the Schultz brand and was very satisfied with price and performance. I put my seed out earliwer this year and fowent any straw overlay. I got lucky and no major rains washed my seed away. It worked well for me, but was a gamble not adding straw on top. Now is a little late to be seeding with the dry heat and all, but what can you do right? Can you get water sprinklers on it? If not, I have heard of folks spreading out bails of hay (NOT straw). This will help protect from erosion and also add seeds of various kinds of field plants to start the process of growing something. Hay bailed after the flied had went to seed will help a lot.
I put used carpet down (upside down - poor mans weed barrier)on my pond dam where the water level would be and down about 3 to 4 feet and then added a couple of layers of creek rock (2 to 10" size rocks) on top of it. This was to reduce the plant life at the shoreline and to reduce erosion from wave action. Rock is probably a good thing around the whole shore line, but a guy can only pack so much from the creek by himself.
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