To put it simply, yes. Soil erosion is always an issue that you should seek to prevent or repair. Whether you have a small yard that you use for family time or acres of land that you actively farm, soil washout will have detrimental effects on your property.    Garden Problems     If you use your property to grow your own vegetables, keep animals, or you are just an avid gardener, soil erosion is something you should be very concerned about. Soil washout will not only make your property less stable, but it will make the earth less fertile. This means that any plans you have for a flourishing flower bed or herb garden can be well and truly discounted. If you catch this early on, however, it can be easily rectified.    The real issues start when soil erosion on a property has been allowed to snowball for years. If this happens, you will find it almost impossible to grow anything on your property, and things that do grow may be somewhat lackluster. Reversing serious damage to the quality of your soil is not easy; it can be a long and expensive process. As such, it is far better to deal with soil erosion when you first notice it.    Structural Problems    As well as causing issues for your land, washout soil can be incredibly damaging to your home and any other structures on your property. Unchecked soil erosion can cause a number of issues, depending on where the erosion is most prevalent. Top-level erosion, for example, is most likely to expose sections of your foundation and cause sections of your driveway to sink. It may also cause exterior steps to become uneven.    Erosion may also take place below the surface as a result of saturated soil or underground water sources. This is more likely to cause problems with your property’s foundation or result in sunken sections of flooring in your outlying structures. In fact, erosion can cause a form of foundation settlement that will result in large cracks forming in your home, thereby letting water seep in from the ground up. This can have a huge number of repercussions that vary in severity.