A crumbling stream bank usually gets armored with concrete, but a 12 inch roll of coconut husk staked along the edge slows the current and drops its silt until native roots take over the bank

A stretch of stream bank is caving into the water, one muddy slab at a time. Each storm peels more soil off the edge and carries it downstream, and the bank keeps retreating toward a fence, a field or a road. The usual fix is a wall of concrete or rock, costly to pour and ... Read more