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Installing Biolags as an Erosion Control Alternative

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Erosion Control and Silt Fence

What happens here

As an alternative to traditional silt fences, especially in areas where trenching or driving stakes is difficult, biolags are presented. These are long, fabric-encased cylinders filled with a material (likely wood chips or compost). The video shows biolags laid directly on the ground. The presenter advises staking the biolags on the downward side to prevent them from washing away during heavy rain. He mentions that some might drive stakes directly through the biolag, but he prefers to avoid ripping the fabric. The ideal long-term erosion control method is emphasized as re-establishing vegetation.

Goal: Deploy biolags effectively as an alternative erosion control measure.

Tools and materials

  • Biolags — Cylindrical fabric rolls filled with organic material for erosion control
  • Stakes — Used to secure the biolags

What they say

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stakes that are included are adequate. If you can't drive a silt fence in place, dig it and tow it in. Another option are these bol logs. I' recommend staking them in. Otherwise, they can wash away. You can stake them. In this case, this is the downward side. Or you can drive a steak physically through the bow log. I don't prefer to rip the fabric at all. I have seen it done. I like to keep it in place, keep it whole, keep it on to. I don't like to drive a steak through it if I don't have two sill fences in place. Erosion control set. Ideally, this should have been sold. Vegetation should have been established. Then we wouldn't have needed a sill fence. But sometimes it

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