Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Erosion control

At our place we blew mulch out using a gasoline powered chopper/blower from the local Soil & Water Conservation district. They rent this out pretty cheap. Most people use straw, but we used 2 to 4 year old hay square bales (straw may be better if you are worried about weed seed, but we had the hay and figured the weeds would show up sooner or later on their own).

We put in an outdoor riding arena at the same time as the pond (that's where the last 1/3 of the dirt from the pond went). We mulched the dam and all around the pond, but only the slopes around the arena (not the flats). The difference in grass growth after seeding was amazing - the mulched areas had 5 to 10 times more grass sprout successfully. So be sure and mulch (somehow) for erosion control.