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18 Feb

Posted at 03:42h in Uncategorized

Hey Everyone!

Today we are proud to announce and release…

Dirt Time:  The Ultimate Collection

The Ultimate Collection is EVERY Dirt Time Episode in ONE complete boxed set.  No need to decide which episode is the right one to get.  Now its simple:  Just get the Ultimate Set and get em’ all!

11 Discs

25 Episodes

Countless BMPs

1 Boxed Set

The Boxed Set is Released and Available now at the Watch Your Dirt Shop

 

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Dirt Time:  The Ultimate Collection contains the following episodes: 

 

  • Ep 1 – Hydro Mulching
  • Ep 2 – Erosion Control Blankets
  • Ep 3 – Sediment Ponds
  • Ep 4 – Silt Fence
  • Ep 5 – Fiber Rolls / Wattles
  • Ep 6 – Polymers
  • Ep 7 – The Hinton Project Pt.1
  • Ep 8 – The Hinton Project Pt.2
  • Ep 9 – The Hinton Project Pt. 3
  • Ep 10 – Dirt Time in Alaska Pt 1
  • Ep 11 – Dirt Time in Alaska Pt 2
  • Ep 12 – Dirt Time in Alaska Pt 3
  • Ep 13 – Hinton Project 2 Pt 1
  • Ep 14 – Hinton Project 2 Pt 2
  • Ep 15 – Hinton Project 2 Pt 3
  • Ep 16 – Ditch Checks
  • Ep 17 – Energy Dissipators
  • Ep 18 – TRMs in a Channel
  • Ep 19 – Extreme Slope Stabilization
  • Ep 20 – Articulated Concrete Blocks
  • Ep 21 – Willow Creek Project Pt 1
  • Ep 22 – Willow Creek Project Pt 2
  • Ep 23 – Willow Creek Project Pt 3
  • Ep 24 – Hydromulch 2
  • Ep 25 – The Big Cover Up

 

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BMPs GALORE! 

Over the course of those 25 Episodes, you’ll learn about…

Silt Fence • Hydromulch • Erosion Control Blankets • Sediment Ponds • Fiber Rolls • Polymers • Streambank Stabilization • Rock Vanes • Live Siltation • Brush Mattresses • LPSTP • Turbidity • Riverbank Stabilization • Vegetated Sandbags • Coir Blocks & Rolls • Large Woody Debris • Live Pole Drains • Brush Layering • Modified Brush Layering • In-Stream Boulder Clusters • Live Staking • Compost Socks • Ditch Checks • Triangular Silt Dikes • Rock CheckDams • The Enviroberm • Fiber Roll Checks • Rock Energy Dissipators • ScourStop • RECPs on a Slope • Turf Reinforcement Mats • Extreme Slope Stabilization • Slope Nailing • Bonded Fiber Matrix • Mechanically Bonded Fiber Matrix • Flexible Growth Medium • HydroStraw • Articulated Concrete Blocks • Low Water Crossing • Track Walking • Soil Nail Guns • Soil Flapping • Vegetated Mechanically Stabilized Earth • Compost Blankets • Compost Berms • Blown Straw • Large Area Cover Up Techniques & Much More!

06 Feb

Posted at 00:35h in Uncategorized

Last Year Greg Balzer asked for more documentation we might have re: the placement of seed under, over or incorporated with 2-3″ thick Compost Blankets.  These photos  (also see “Malaysians Visit Shasta College) show the results of our 2nd “scientific” trials and is my 5th actual experience,  On this plot little trial we used both Native grass (the entire results will be published) and commercial rye.  

These photos (below) show our first Shasta College trials – can you tell which side of the plot had seed under and which side had seed on top ?

I know, these studies used relatively large seed, Elymus glaucus, Nassella pulchra, Lymus triticoides, Rye etc,   BUT please remember we also used the Blower Trucks (the seed is incorporated into compost while blowing on) using the widely diverse “Canadian Reclamation Blends” for three Huge and different geoclimatic area in Alberta and the vegetative establishment was phenomenal.  See the Hinton Projects on Dirt Time.

Also remember, these trials use “REAL Compost” (cooked, turned, aged, certified) instead of some wood chips, Hydropost-type biosolids, wood mulch etc. that many people seem to confuse with real compost!!  NO, I think that any idea out there that “thick (2-3” layer) Compost Blankets will “smother” the seeds is anecdotal only and based on all of our previous knowledge about seed planting depth – Compost apparently doesn’t behave as we would expect with regards to seed depth!!  Until somebody does some trials with smaller seeds, forbs, etc, I am going to “fall back” on my experience in Canada and say the seed size is not a factor either.

Also, also, In my opinion the very best application is applying the compost blanket, and seed, and mychorrizae, and biosol, and TACKIFIER in one step using the Express Blower Trucks because the materials are really well calibrated and the way uniform mixing occurs in the hose.  

Also, I should point out:  No, I do not have a financial interest in Finn/Express Blower nor Compost.  

As an added bonus see the cool “living walls” from Kiwi land.

 

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