Re: enough rocks...

I want to see pictures. 
A

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] enough rocks...


> EXACTLY what I'm doing! I'm making steps too...and putting "stuff" in
> them like my tumbled recycled glass, etc. Gardening folks...gotta luv
> em.
> 
> 
> 
> james singer <jsinger@igc.org> 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
> >>
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> Island Jim
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