That was well done.
We've had good luck laying down a piece of permeable landscape fabric and then covering it with inches of coase gravel. Without the landscape fabric the gravel will just be squished down into the mud when people walk on it. The fabric sort of makes the gravel "float" on top of the mud. With coarse gravel (two inch chunks) the birds can't scratch it away very well and do not dig down to the fabric. If the coarse gravel is hard on the feet then put smaller gravel, roof chip or sand on top to fill in the voids and make a smooth surface.
Sometimes, doing the work in the dry season makes it difficult to know if you have done enough. If you can build up the floor well enough to be dry when working in the wet season then you'll be good.... at least for a while. If the traffic eventually makes it muddy again we just repeat with a second piece of fabric and a second layer of gravel. The more layers you add the more stable it will be.
We've had good luck laying down a piece of permeable landscape fabric and then covering it with inches of coase gravel. Without the landscape fabric the gravel will just be squished down into the mud when people walk on it. The fabric sort of makes the gravel "float" on top of the mud. With coarse gravel (two inch chunks) the birds can't scratch it away very well and do not dig down to the fabric. If the coarse gravel is hard on the feet then put smaller gravel, roof chip or sand on top to fill in the voids and make a smooth surface.
Sometimes, doing the work in the dry season makes it difficult to know if you have done enough. If you can build up the floor well enough to be dry when working in the wet season then you'll be good.... at least for a while. If the traffic eventually makes it muddy again we just repeat with a second piece of fabric and a second layer of gravel. The more layers you add the more stable it will be.
