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Scored a few rocks

18 years ago

A building that had burned down was being demolished and when I first passed by I saw large pieces of rocks and stones. So on the way back I pulled over and asked the guy if I could have some of "those rocks". He said yeah and he even helped to load a few for me.

Rocks & stones are costly, too bad I wasn't able to haul away the very large pieces. But what I regret is that I didn't ask him "where" he was hauling this stone off to so I could return for more.

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toomuchglass
18 years ago
I know what you mean - rocks are so expensive . It's not fair that some people hve too many rocks and give them away for free - and I hvae to pay for mine ! LOL
luvs2click
18 years ago
Isn't that exciting, flowermum? Our Fazoli's went out of business and they tore down the building to put in a Chipotle. My DH was there for the demolision preparation (he's on the fire dept - making sure everything was disconnected, etc.) and they told him we could have the rocks from the flower beds. We went in that evening and got our van full. Then the next morning, DH went back and got some more in his truck before they started. We edged one of our beds with them and added an extension. Dirt and mulch had a tendency to wash away here because of being on a slope. The rocks have really helped. Those buggers were really heavy though!

Arlene
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Steven, Boy, I really must be messed up tonight! There for a minute I thought you wrote "you love to get stoned"... Wow! I can't believe you printed out my post to save in your garden box! I feel like a Rock star or something! ------------------------------------------------------- Take pictures of the rocks so I can drool... If you lived around here, I could get some of my local yocal friends to move those babies for you. Some of them have wenches welded onto the front of their trucks. One of their fa-vor-rite things to do in the winter is to go out and pull people out of snow and out of ditches when they get stuck (or mud). I am totally serious. They love it! They would love figuring out how to get those big rocks loaded and back to your house. They might even load those "Suckers" onto a flatbed truck just to save your 'perty little rig" from gettin' all scuffed up! - JK Keep us informed and post pictures of the process. I really like the idea of big rocks protruding out of that bank. Lucky you! ~Annie
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flowermum
Original Author
18 years ago
luvs2click, I didn't get as many as you did. You definitely got some nice ones! I did happen to get one that I think will be a great base for a statue I have. I'll post a pix of it soon.

Your lot is very pretty.
budster
18 years ago
Goodness we are finding rocks like that as we continue to dig up our backyard for the garden. We have given quite a few away but have now started to keep some back to frame the garden area. I guess we should have saved some of the biggest ones before now. LOL....no doubt more will appear. We even came across a cannon ball from ????? Who knows what we'll find next.
flowermum
Original Author
18 years ago
budster, I sure would like to be your neighbor. I would love to be able to dig and find a bonanza of rocks. All we have here is clay.
: )
concretenprimroses
18 years ago
This is so funny to read from here in New England. Quite a few years ago a rock started rising out of our dirt driveway. Dh and I dug it out and rolled it into the garden, its about 2'x1'x4', a perfect little bench. Then another started and we dug around it and quickly realized that it was too big and we had to hire a back hoe to push it out of the drive way into the garden. Its huge. Dh dug around the foundation to insulate and got a bunch of smaller ones last year, but they are ledge (flat) so they make good path and edging rocks. That said I also pick up rocks at construction sites when I can.

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