Establish grasses that stand 36 inches or taller on a 50-100 foot strip along the shoreline. Suggested grasses include big bluestem, Indiangrass, prairie cordgrass or switchgrass. These grasses generally remain standing after the snow has flattened other grasses. You may also establish a shrub belt and leave an unmown grass strip between the water and your crops. If a Canada goose were to design paradise, there would be lots of short, tender grass for grazing, a pond of fresh water for drinking and security, and no predators.
Battery storage allows continuous operation of the aerator for about four cloudy days.
Return to top Portable Weed Cutter To supplement its aquatic plant harvesting and to improve its ability to manage water quality more effectively, the City owns a portable weed cutter. The device was acquired to expand access into areas that are difficult to reach with the large harvesting machinery. The City is exploring the use of barley straw to help manage the quality of Eagan's waterbodies. Studies by various researchers in the 1990s indicate barley straw to inhibit the growth of algae when it is applied to lakes and ponds. When barley straw is put into water, it starts to rot, which releases compounds that hinder algae growth.