It also reminded me of something a friends' father used in their shop
yard to park heavy equipment on, a steel mat sort of material that
rolled out. Possibly army surplus.
John
>Right, it is a more specialized material than cinder blocks, but the idea is
>the same -- masonry to support the weight and traffic, with openings for
>grass to grow through. I have seen it used in high traffic pedestrian lawn
>areas, such as in parks (obviously not for athletic fields). After seeing
>the photo I was rather intrigued by the possibilities myself.
>
>on 3/22/02 6:48 AM, steveb5815@juno.com at steveb5815@juno.com wrote:
>
>> Doesn't look like cinder blocks to me. The squares are too small. Just
>> wondering if it is a common material that may be available here because I
>> have heard of a "mesh" material some use to park campers on that allows
>> the grass to grow thru.
>>
>> On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 09:23:01 EST Aeseeyou@aol.com writes:
>>> Steve,
>>> Haven't you ever seen a cinder block driveway. The green are the
>>> tufts of
>>> grass that are growing up thorough the holes that are there when you
>>> lay the
>>> cinder blocks on their sides rather than the other way (flat).
>>> any more questions..
>>> Albert Escalante
>>> 1978 MGB, 1977 Jaguar XJ6L
>>> Central Coast British Car Club
>>> Port Hueneme, California (USA)
>>
>> Steve Bettencourt
>> http://www.bmcne.com
>> webmaster@bmcne.com
>>
>
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>
>Max Heim
>'66 MGB GHN3L76149
>If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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