Red Clay Soil and Land Clearing in the Virginia Piedmont
The Piedmont region of Virginia is known for its red clay soils, and anyone who has worked land around Rice and Farmville knows how much they shape what happens on a job site. South Atlantic Land Works plans every clearing project with that clay in mind. Red clay holds water, turns slick and sticky when wet and bakes hard in the summer sun. When it is stripped bare, it erodes easily into gullies and stains streams with runoff. That is why South Atlantic land clearing ne
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The Piedmont region of Virginia is known for its red clay soils, and anyone who has worked land around Rice and Farmville knows how much they shape what happens on a job site. South Atlantic Land Works plans every clearing project with that clay in mind. Red clay holds water, turns slick and sticky when wet and bakes hard in the summer sun. When it is stripped bare, it erodes easily into gullies and stains streams with runoff. That is why South Atlantic land clearing ne
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