"So it's more of a sediment control than an erosion control." Kordon, along with partner Dwayne Shypkoski, began the process of setting up a wattle-making shop in June, Shypkoski says. They ordered a ...

Local hardware and garden supply stores are selling more sandbags and other erosion control items as another storm makes its way toward the Central Coast. The coming weekend storm follows a storm that ...

Free straw wattles to control erosion will be available 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday in Paradise and Yankee Hill. The Butte County Resource Conservation District will be giving the wattles away at the ...

I don’t like to use redwood lumber as garden bed edging any more than necessary, and especially not 2-by-12 lumber, which needs to come from larger trees. The solution I’ve found is straw wattles.

A supplier is offering a limited amount of free straw wattles to Napa and Sonoma residents affected by wildfires to help them prevent winter runoff on damaged watersheds. Wattles -- long tubes of ...

Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: While driving east on Thompson Street we noticed some straw ropes around some of the telephone poles, especially ...

As San Diego prepares for a forecasted, powerful El Nino, some local homeowners are protecting their properties with different means, including tools known as “wattles.” A wattle is a long, ...