[gardeners] Re: Big Max, Little Max?? You have rocks??
Martha Brown (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 5 Dec 1998 08:58:34 -0600
Rocks??? Sand???????
Is anyone ever pleased with what nature has provided <VBG>????
Martha who purchased and loaded and unloaded and placed tons (literally at
$200.00 per ton) of rock by hand for paths and retaining walls in my
bottomless sand.
M Brown
NW Oklahoma, USA
USDA Zone 6b, Sunset Zone 35
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> From: Carol Wallace <gardenwriter@columnist.com>
> To: gardeners@globalgarden.com
> Subject: Re: [gardeners] Big Max, Little Max??
> Date: Friday, December 04, 1998 11:52 PM
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>
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> Michael & Bambi Cantrell wrote:
>
> > Catharine,
> >
> > Rocks? In the soil? You mean there are places with rocks in the soil?
> > Like where you would hit them with a shovel or drill?
> >
> > My, my... Some folks really do have it tough...
>
> Bambi,
> You mean a pickax and pry bar aren't part of your regular garden tool
> assortment? We've built whole walls and paves paths with what I dig up
each year
> just trying to plant in the cultivated area. Frost has even heaved large
> fieldstones into the nice, originally stone-free raised bed area.
>
> I can't imagine a garden without rocks. I guess that's why my mattock is
one of
> my favorite garden tools.
> Carol
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