I'm getting my rocks off this morning.
#1
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I'm getting my rocks off this morning.
I took out our front lawn. (It was dying anyway) I removed three inches of soil. Now I'm building a rock garden. Monday I spent $400 on rocks: river bottom stepping stones for a pathway, perimeter rocks, and large rocks. They're being delivered this morning. So, I'm getting my rocks off.....the truck.
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I took out our front lawn. (It was dying anyway) I removed three inches of soil. Now I'm building a rock garden. Monday I spent $400 on rocks: river bottom stepping stones for a pathway, perimeter rocks, and large rocks. They're being delivered this morning. So, I'm getting my rocks off.....the truck.
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Originally Posted by The Raptor' timestamp='1470841886' post='24036284
I took out our front lawn. (It was dying anyway) I removed three inches of soil. Now I'm building a rock garden. Monday I spent $400 on rocks: river bottom stepping stones for a pathway, perimeter rocks, and large rocks. They're being delivered this morning. So, I'm getting my rocks off.....the truck.
It too early for pics. It's just bare dirt, two large piles of dirt, and soon piles of rocks.
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If you have a lot of trees we discovered rocks can be a pain. Mine were professionally installed with strong plastic laid down first, so we're thinking - maintenance free - right? Wrong. Because our entire yard has so many trees we have to do a lot of leaf blowing both around and in the stones. What happens is dirt gets blown in and settles on top; then grass and weeds start growing in the rocks. That would be easy to kill with Round Up except we also planted shrubs through out the stone areas. Also we get an endless dropping of twigs that can't be easily removed. In fact, I just paid my grandson to pick them up - he filled several buckets. Maintenance free - no way. At least not with our set up.
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If you have a lot of trees we discovered rocks can be a pain. Mine were professionally installed with strong plastic laid down first, so we're thinking - maintenance free - right? Wrong. Because our entire yard has so many trees we have to do a lot of leaf blowing both around and in the stones. What happens is dirt gets blown in and settles on top; then grass and weeds start growing in the rocks. That would be easy to kill with Round Up except we also planted shrubs through out the stone areas. Also we get an endless dropping of twigs that can't be easily removed. In fact, I just paid my grandson to pick them up - he filled several buckets. Maintenance free - no way. At least not with our set up.
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Xeriscaping once reserved for droughty areas has really taken off as an acceptable means of landscaping. Two words of advice, do put down a weed barrier fabric before placing your rocks and make sure you don't create a barrier for water (I know we are talking arid area now) to naturally drain away from your house. If nothing else you are creating your own "heat island", now if you could just harness that energy. Good luck, would love to see pictures of the finished project.
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Xeriscaping once reserved for droughty areas has really taken off as an acceptable means of landscaping. Two words of advice, do put down a weed barrier fabric before placing your rocks and make sure you don't create a barrier for water (I know we are talking arid area now) to naturally drain away from your house. If nothing else you are creating your own "heat island", now if you could just harness that energy. Good luck, would love to see pictures of the finished project.
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I moved several hundred pounds of rocks in bags and loose yesterday with a wagon and a dolly -- lots of tough lifting. I was sure I would have a very bad back this morning, enough to keep me from going to the gym. I woke up and was pleasantly surprised to find that I'm OK. A little sore but I'm good to go. I attribute it to ab and back weight work. However, I have lots and lots of more rocks to get. This project is much bigger than I anticipated. Oh well.