Eco-friendly netting and soil erosion control method using the same

A soil erosion control method using an eco-friendly netting, said method comprising the steps of:

• (i) providing an erosion control blanket that includes an eco-friendly netting, said eco-friendly netting including:
• a netting body portion forming a pattern of netting apertures, said netting body portion being formed from a material that is at least partially biodegradable, at least one of said netting apertures having an opening size of at least 8.0 millimeters by at least 8.0 millimeters;
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• wherein said erosion control blanket further comprises a layer of another material that is attached to said netting, said layer of another material of said erosion control blanket being selected from the group consisting of:
• (i) straw, (ii) coir, (iii) polypropylene, (iv) hemp, (v) jute, (vi) any natural fiber, (vii) any synthetic fiber, and (viii) any combinations thereof;
• (ii) loosening a top portion of a soil area to prepare said soil area for a planting of seeds;
• (iii) applying a plurality of seeds to said soil area such that said plurality of seeds are embedded in said soil area;
• (iv) unrolling and arranging a plurality of strips of said erosion control blanket on a top of said soil area in an overlapping manner;
• (v) anchoring a plurality of outer edges of said plurality of said erosion control blanket strips into the ground so as to retain said erosion control blanket in place;
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• (vi) irrigating said plurality of seeds in said soil area so that vegetation grows in said soil area.