Re: enough rocks...

O.K....thanks a lot.


james singer <jsinger@igc.org> wrote:
Worst part of this, Jesse, is I gotta wait until our aggregates 
order-person comes back from vacation next week. I'll let you know as 
soon as I know. But if you don't hear in a reasonably short time, 
jiggle my chain.


On Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at 05:49 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:

> And where does one find this "shredded fiberglass" Jim? Took me forever
> to find the "vinyl patch concrete"....I went to Lowes and asked, they
> sent me to the grout section, cause they had never heard of vinyl
> patch.....I was dubious...so I went to the concrete area and looked at
> every single section (who knew there was so MANY different kinds?) and
> the LAST section said "QUICKCRETE - Vinyl Patch Concrete". Duh. It's
> more expensive than regular concrete...but won't crack and such.
>
>
>
> james singer wrote:
> And if you mix shredded fiberglas into the slurry, you can cast them
> very thin without worry of breaking them. Our "manufactured stone" step
> pads are 24" by 24" by 2". and we've never had one crack. And, yeah, we
> put all kinds of weird stuff into them--seashells, tumbled glass, on
> and on.
>
>
> On Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at 02:32 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>
>> I know the "real thing" is preferable..but I'm starting a new garden
>> that is round and I bought one of those "Poetry Stone" kits. You make
>> bricks or free-form rocks and they include letters to push into the
>> cement so you can have words on your "rocks". I don't use the regular
>> concrete, instead I use a vinyl patch concrete which is stronger and
>> tends to last longer. Anyway...after I figured out how the consistancy
>> of the concrete should be I made 4-5 stones. They're really kind of
>> cool. You can mix man-made stones and stones with words on them. And
>> there are different kinds of cement dyes so the "stones" are all
>> different colors. So...if you didn't have enough rocks...you can mix
>> and
>> match if need be.
>>
>>
>>
>> Donna wrote:
>> Don't really find them here much anymore either.
>>
>> When we moved in here, before the pond got dug, I watched the local
>> papers. If it was free for the hauling, you know I was there. First
>> winter here yard had many piles of rocks everywhere. DH kept telling 
>> me
>> I had 'more than enough'... then we dug the pond and he hauled another
>> 28 tons here. So much for 'enough' LOL!
>>
>>
>> Donna
>> who could still use another few tons;(
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Cersgarden@aol.com
>> Sent: 7/14/2004 8:09:52 AM
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] my new project has hit a snag!
>>
>>> In a message dated 7/14/04 6:01:04 AM, justme@prairieinet.net writes:
>>>
>>> << And depending on what type rocks they are, pond folks are always
>>> looking
>>> for free rocks >>
>>>
>>> Donna, you don't find 'free' in this area. I would say it could be a
>>> financial answer to your project. Wisconsin is going to be rock free
>>> with the way
>>> the loaded trucks are coming our way. New home construction
>>> landscapes are
>>> using rocks to the point its ugly and I'm a rock lover!
>>> Ceres
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Support hort.net -- join the hort.net fund drive!
>>> http://www.hort.net/funds/
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Support hort.net -- join the hort.net fund drive!
>> http://www.hort.net/funds/
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Support hort.net -- join the hort.net fund drive!
>> http://www.hort.net/funds/
>>
>>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4
> Zone 10a
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Support hort.net -- join the hort.net fund drive!
> http://www.hort.net/funds/
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Support hort.net -- join the hort.net fund drive!
> http://www.hort.net/funds/
>
>
Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4
Zone 10a
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Support hort.net -- join the hort.net fund drive!
http://www.hort.net/funds/

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Support hort.net -- join the hort.net fund drive!
http://www.hort.net/funds/
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index