On Sunday, 3/13, we got the seed down along with about 500 sq yards of erosion mat. Whoa, that is hard work - much harder than I expected! I thought it would simply roll out and we'd tack it down and call it a day. Not so! We arrived at the farm at about 8:30 am so the soil was frozen. As the day warmed up, the soil melted slowly. At first it was just a little softness on the top, which made it slippery when working on a 45% slope!
There is seed in there - we used a Slope Stabilization mix from JFNew
Bill putting spreading the seed with a belly seed spreader
Rolling the erosion mat down the hill 
We only got about a 1/3 done 
Silt fence at the bottomThe installation, which involves hammering stabilization "pins" (5" steel dual-tines which will rust) every yard or so. I kept sliding down the slope. Bill was able to stay put on the middle of the slope but my feet would just slide down and I would end up sliding down the mud. It was warm out and it was fun to get really, really filthy.
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Great to see things coming along there, Angie. We still have serious snow cover out at the cabin.
Brett
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