may be implemented and held in place by randomly positioned stitches 32 referring still to fig3 the fibers 20 of this particular embodiment are packaged in an intertwined manner and held together with thread 30 and stitches 32 as described above the fibers 20 in the preferred embodiment are wood material shaved to form curlex u00ae excelsior fibers 20 with barbed edges 80 of the fibers 20 are six inches or longer with a consistent width and thickness the barbed edges and curled orientation of the fibers 20 interlock and assist in holding the blanket 14 together it should be noted however that the fibers 20 of the present invention may include any elongated members of wood wool which may be intertwined into a flexible mat curlex u00ae excelsior fibers comprise the preferred embodiment but other wood wool is contemplated by the present invention referring now to fig4 there is shown a side elevational view of the blanket 14 of fig3 consistent therewith the stitches 32 are shown as vertical lines extending from the top surface 26 to the bottom surface 34 substantially near the threads 30 as previously mentioned the stitching pattern and threads 30 may be in a variety of orientations other than the preferred embodiment shown the bottom surface 34 is substantially flat and engages the surface of the sloping earth portion 12 as shown in fig1 to permit the infiltration of soil thereagainst and the stabilization of the blanket 14 thereupon.