RE: enough rocks...

Me too please....

Donna

> 
> 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
> > Southwest Florida
> > 27.0 N, 82.4
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> > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
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