Re: [gardeners] The price of rocks
Heather Hallworth (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 17 May 1998 11:35:57 -0700
>>>George, who bought a round volcanic rock today, about 12 inches in
>>>diameter, for 5 bucks. Don't laugh, there are no rocks in Louisiana unless
>>>they're imported.
>>
>>Thanks, George. Let me know what the good father says :-). I know what
>>you
>>mean about the rocks!! :-D LOL. We don't have them either! :-)
>>
>>BAmbi
>>
>Just chiming in to let you know that in Northern Michigan, (where you can't
>walk a yard without stubbing a toe on a rock), we buy them all the time.
>There are rocks, then there are Rocks. I must admit, I have a couple of
>big piles of rocks that come up with the rototiller, but they are mostly
>non-descript gray rocks. I like to buy cool rocks. We Michiganders are
>the ones you'll find in the "Seashell Factory" spending money too!
>
>Cynthia (Who resides in the only state that you can find true Petosky stones)
>**Womyn Who Moves Mountains-Little Finger Of Michigan**
>**cmayeaux@traverse.com **USDA zone 4b-Sunset zone 41**
>** http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/2659/garden/cynthia.html **
>** http://rdz.stjohns.edu/lists/fiftysomethingwomen/ **
>
>
We're are spoiled here, if we want rocks we go to the beach and get them.
We have beaches just covered in all sizes and colours of rocks. On Friday
we found one with nice flat rocks to build my path over my rockery. Bad
road access though, we almost damaged the bottom of the van.
Heather on a very rocky Vancouver Island