Fastest growing anything...help

[polecat]

have had the same problem with a 1' culvert up the (deadend road) street from me and went up and blocked it up completely...they put in the culvert a few years b4 i move here but allows ALL the water from the hill above me to wash right onto and thru the property..b.s i said..even asked the town garage maint. mgr bout it and he jist smiled and ssiad he didn't care bout blockin it up..would like to eventually use all that water after i build a pond... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif now the water runs down the high side of the road opposite my house and down into the woods...
not sayin u could but what would happen if the culvert were somehow blocked up??? would the water do any damage downstream somewhere or would it wash something out??
just food for thought?????? if some ojne trys to unplug mine b4 i git the pond built...therre's gonna b a can of extruded foam with a string round it thrown into the middle with a couple holes in it ...let it go in and empty and then pull the can out...permaplug!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
a whellbarrow load of sticks and leaves raked in front would give u some time to let yer stuff germinate as long as the water isn't going to do any damage somewhere!!!
go talk to the road maintenance guys as they are responsible for properety damage caused by runoff ...But if u follow the runoff possibilities if plugged and nothing will happen i'd jist try to block it temporarily and not say a word ...be careful and use good judgement...make sure that you use sticks from the same type of trees that are above the pipe..not "pines from yer yard" so to say.... and no fresh chainsaw cuts!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[CTyler]

Believe me I thought about blocking it...LOL!! Have gone an looked at it several times. Trouble is there are acres of pasture than drain into it. There is an area that would hold a fair amount of water but if it were to fill up it would run across the gravel road. A moderate-to heavy rain would fill it up and create more problems that it solves. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[polecat]

any way to do a combination : block half and then divert it using culvert pipe tjo git it away from yer project and to b honest with you i'd ( from the sounds of the quantity that runs thru...) i'd build a culvert diversion system maybe using rock or sumfn or how bout a pond...why cant u send us pics...i wish everyone would send more pics in the beginning and then we would havea better idea of what we are talkin bout!!
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[CTyler]

I'll try to remember to take some pics tonight. Told myself to take some pics last night then forgot about it.

 

[CTyler]

Here is a pic of the waterway. There is a culvert at the top you can't see, its right where the tree is. You can see the area that drains into the culvert on the other side of the road.

That dirt area on the bank was where the county dumped a bunch of road gravel and dirt. There was grass there before they did that months ago. I never saw a slide or anything, not sure what the deal was with that.

 

[CTyler]

Close up of the waterway.

 

[CTyler]

Here is mud in the terrace

 

[CTyler]

This is the area in front of the shop that got wiped. Notice that the grass at the top was established a little better and is ok. This is the first time for this area since it was planted a month ago. This was due to our latest storm, a really bad one. Once this gets established it will be fine.

 

[CTyler]

Here is the front yard of my house. Your looking toward the area that is drains toward and around the side of the house.

 

[CTyler]

Closer pic of the front where the water starts collecting and washing out the new grass. This area shown hasn't been bad.