This is interesting to me, having spent my whole life (except for a few months in Wisconsin as a child, and an occasional business trip) within a hundred miles of the ocean on the East Coast, that you found the remains of the burned house under a lava layer. Are you in the general vicinity of one of the conterminous volcanoes that've erupted since 1900 (Lassen, St. Helen's)?
The closest mt is called Yamsay in southern Oregon. The people I've talked to say the lava is a mystery where it came from. I haven't found anything in my brief research of the area yet. Maybe this area is the remains of a volcano that blew itself up, idk. But it is very interesting.
I have another area that I was digging before this one. I am still planning on clearing it too, to see what the lava under the 2 inches if dirt looks like.
Filling your ruts with straw (or any organic matter) and dirt is probably not a good idea. While it looks like you don't get a lot of rain there, any rain is going make the straw decompose into compost. It'll retain water and stay muddy after a rain. You won't get good traction in it. Fill your driveway with small rock (gravel). The 3 most important rules for building any roadway is drainage, drainage and drainage.
Thank you for the advice. I should clarify the dirt I was using is mostly rocks, just the river rocks are much better and more rock per shovel than the "dirt" I was using.
This is interesting to me, having spent my whole life (except for a few months in Wisconsin as a child, and an occasional business trip) within a hundred miles of the ocean on the East Coast, that you found the remains of the burned house under a lava layer. Are you in the general vicinity of one of the conterminous volcanoes that've erupted since 1900 (Lassen, St. Helen's)?
The closest mt is called Yamsay in southern Oregon. The people I've talked to say the lava is a mystery where it came from. I haven't found anything in my brief research of the area yet. Maybe this area is the remains of a volcano that blew itself up, idk. But it is very interesting.
I have another area that I was digging before this one. I am still planning on clearing it too, to see what the lava under the 2 inches if dirt looks like.
Filling your ruts with straw (or any organic matter) and dirt is probably not a good idea. While it looks like you don't get a lot of rain there, any rain is going make the straw decompose into compost. It'll retain water and stay muddy after a rain. You won't get good traction in it. Fill your driveway with small rock (gravel). The 3 most important rules for building any roadway is drainage, drainage and drainage.
Thank you for the advice. I should clarify the dirt I was using is mostly rocks, just the river rocks are much better and more rock per shovel than the "dirt" I was using.