The Most Viewed Landscape
The Great Pyramids in Egypt? The Grand Canyon, perhaps? No. The title of the world's most “viewed” landscape goes to a small field in northern California, photographed by Charles O'Rear in 1996. The image is called Bliss — but you might know it better as the desktop background for Windows. Some estimates place the number of people worldwide who have seen this landscape photograph at more than 1 billion!
Terraces Help Control Erosion
One of the simplest actions you can take to mitigate the problem of an eroding slope is to break up the rate of water descent by constructing terraces or retaining walls. Terraces also give you the opportunity to create a series of mini-gardens. Erosion is prevented by shortening a potentially long slope into a series of more level steps. This allows heavy rains to soak in rather than run off, taking soil with it.
Pipes Aid in Water Management
For extra water management, you can capture and redirect excessive runoff by installing perforated drainage pipe just below the surface. Run the pipe across the direction of the slope. Position the drainage pipe in a gravel bed and set the drain pipe with at least a 2% slope in the gravel bed.