RTP-area local music and culture

["Phil Hammond" <xlate AT yahoo.com>]

Okay, I knew Chris Calloway would have a good suggestion, and I wasn't 
disappointed. I forwarded this and all the other posts (Mike, John, Kevin) 
to my friend who's doing the survey. He's basically doing this to 
investigate kudzu as a possible ecological remediation plant. From what I 
understand,  it has something to do with kudzu's nitrogen-fixing properties. 
It just happens to be a happy accident that he's studying this at the same 
time that kudzu's in the news for it's alcohol-related benefits.

And please, if you have more kudzu viewing suggestions, please post them.

Thanks,
-Phil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Calloway" <ifoufo AT yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: alt.music.chapel-hill
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Looking for Kudzu


> There's a road which used to be US Hwy 421 between
> Goldston and Sanford (going from Chatham to Lee
> Counties). It runs parallel and a few miles to the
> west of the current US 421. In places, it is called
> "Old 421." Basically, find your way to the center of
> Goldston and head southeast out of town on the main
> drag. The road parallels train tracks all the way
> through Gulf, NC. It goes near Bonlee and Bear Creek
> along the way.
>
> On this road, the kudzu is so thick on either side for
> miles that it crawls up the power lines and jumps
> across the road to the other side. You can practically
> drive through tunnels of kudzu in places where the
> road goes through some old quarries to the northwest
> of Gulf. The quarries were open pits mined for clay to
> make pipes. Kudzu is the only thing that will grow
> there now. It's way spooky. It looks like the backdrop
> for some gothic redneck horror story. East of Gulf,
> where the operational quarries are today, the
> landscape becomes flat and grassy again.
>
> 3
>
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