This invention relates generally to the simultaneous in-ground anchoring of silt fence erosion barriers and wire mesh fencing, that includes a machine comprising a device for disrupting soil to create a trench, a device that simultaneously inserts portions of the silt fence and the wire mesh fencing into the trench and a device for backfilling the trench over the portions of the silt fence and wire mesh fencing that have been inserted in the trench so as to anchor the above-ground remainder of the silt fence and wire mesh fencing.