Our front yard prior to winds and high waters of Hurricane Gustav

The berm you see pictured here seperates our front yard from the lower level beach. This berm was part of the rehabilitation of our beach that was wiped out with the devasting Hurricane Ivan, not to mention a few storms that followed, like Katrina. The seaoats here were planted just last year, except for a few native plants that we were able to save from construction sites. Seaoats have a fantastic net-like root system that binds and holds the sand. For this reason, "picking" seaoats is a fineable offense.
Our dune has had more sand build up for a couple of reasons. 1. Note Capn Howell's cross hatched placement of the sand/snow fence. This has definately been a successful experiment in the attempt to catch a little more of that blowing sand. 2. Our thick and dark green plants have been fertilized in an interesting way that harkens back to our Original People's days. Pompano Jerry has *planted* the inedible remains of fish. "Pompano Jerry's Surf Fishing Classes" have not only provided some good eatin', but have yielded some terrific natural fertilizer.