In 2005, a landslide in Portessie demolished the folk's garage.
Our job was to bind the land back together with willows and any
plants that might grow on this unpromising site.
We made bundles of long thin prunings, and 'nailed' them on to
the cliff, using willow pegs that will take root. Then we pushed
any plant that might survive, into the bundles of sticks. The
bundles have caught the thin mud that was running down the face,
and quite a lot of them are still doing ok.
Before: Landslide in 2005. (Click for a bigger picture.)
(Note the ladder at the bottom left, which shows the scale of the task.)
After: The same land in April 2009. (Click for a bigger picture.)
We're pleased how well it's grown back! There's no bare earth showing.
Now: Landslide in 2018. (Click for a bigger picture.)
Now the trees are grown into a wee forest!... just been back and did a wee bit of tidying where a few branches were leaning on the guttering of the buildings
