At the Homestead Museum, a 6-acre historic site in southern California,
we've had some success stablizing our walkways using a landscaping cloth
(a woven plastic that prevents weeds from growing yet allows water to
perculate) with a 2-3" layer of decomposed granite (just be sure it
doesn't get "patched" with sand--it'll turn to muck!).

--
Max A. van Balgooy
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Homestead Museum
  15415 East Don Julian Road   Industry, CA  91745-1029
  Telephone (626) 968-8492  NEW AREA CODE!
  Fax  (626) 968-2048
  Website:  http://www.homesteadmuseum.org




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>      Greetings!
>      Our historic site is an eighteenth century rice plantation, which
>
>      includes an original Georgian mansion. The site's dirt pathways,
> under
>      which are archaeological features, are being subjected to
> substantial
>      erosion. The main pathway runs from the visitor parking area to
> the
>      Big House (i.e. a necessary evil/modern feature).
>      We are in need of ideas to:
>         1. stop the erosion and damage to features.
>         2. provide easier access for our handicapped visitors.
>         3. be somewhat 'reversable' to allow for future archaeological
>
>            surveys.
>         4. hold up to periodic submersion during spring rains.
>
>      Quite a 'laundry list', I realize.
>      Thank y'all in advance,
>      Fielding Freed
>      Site Interpreter
>      Hampton Plantation State Historic Site
>      McClellanville, South Carolina