Patent ID: 8387307

Claim:
A method of growing vegetation on a sloped surface using a vegetation base soil comprising the steps of: affixing a mesh over the sloped surface; and applying the vegetation base soil mixed with plant seeds onto the mesh; wherein the vegetation base soil comprising (a) about 5 to 35% weight percent of peat; (b) about 10 to 39% weight percent of a sludge cake compost; (c) about 10 to 40% weight percent of water treatment sediment that is dewatered; (d) about 10 to 35% weight percent of an animal waste compost; (e) about 10 to 30% weight percent of a wood chip compost; (f) about 5 to 20% weight percent of a bark compost; and (g) about 5 to 30% weight percent of clay or loam.