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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!).
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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
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> 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
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> surveys.
> 4. hold up to periodic submersion during spring rains.
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> Quite a 'laundry list', I realize.
> Thank y'all in advance,
> Fielding Freed
> Site Interpreter
> Hampton Plantation State Historic Site
> McClellanville, South Carolina
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