Agreed, however, in this case, it was our only option. If I had a place and the ability to relocate it on property, I would.Sad that you had to break it up into pieces, those are beautiful standing alone in the garden.
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Agreed, however, in this case, it was our only option. If I had a place and the ability to relocate it on property, I would.Sad that you had to break it up into pieces, those are beautiful standing alone in the garden.
We're looking at options to reuse but the color tone contrast is tough to match up with the rest of the yard.On vacation as a kid we pulled over some mountain road in the Appalachian, 20 rocks later Mom had a rock garden circle thing.
Stone and anything useful like that is prohibitively expense, so you end up giving a little extra thought to the features you might create, instead of haphazardly dispersal.
Makes sense when I say it in my head with a lisp (not that there's anything wrong with that)We're looking at options to reuse but the color tone contrast is tough to match up with the rest of the yard.
Ahhh the vesicles. Get the right light, that's a Halloween rock.We had to remove a large volcanic/pyroclastic rock from our yard for a project we have going on. To remove it, we had to break it into pieces (sorry Kento). View attachment 118588
#ustoo. 2.5 acres up here, half maintained with the tools. A bunch of palm trees so lots of pickup of palapas, etc. Spraying insecticides, pesticides and fertilizers. Gophers, raccoons, etc. The yard in town is larger than suburban OC home style. Full treatment. Thanks dios my wife is a hard worker.How many of you actually own and operate mowers and edgers and shovels and rakes and brooms and dustpans?
I've been doing my own yard care since I was twelve and to be perfectly honest.. I'm sick of it.
I've been calling on Franco for the past few years to do a bi-annual tree clean up and now I'm sick of paying him too.
I can't wait to move into my townhouse so I don't have to do this crap anymore. I'm sure I've earned it.
They are here. You can have all the FREE rocks/boulders you want at Romero creek bridge on East Valley Road in Montecito (2018 debris flow leftovers) You just have to supply your own excavator and dump truck.Free is a great deal. We just had some boulders installed on a hill in our yard for terracing/erosion control. Rocks aren't cheap.
All those leaves are mocking me.I would pay my gardner double if I had to.
I absolutely hate yard work
That's a major reason for having kids.I had the kids put gravel in a vacant spot next to the fence so the dogs would stop throwing dirt in the neighbors yard. I didn't do crap. I really enjoyed it.
I am a strange cat. I like manual labor , always have. Quiets my busy mind.
Yardwork is relaxing for me.
Teach them the value of good hard work.All those leaves are mocking me.
I'm liking the idea of paying the kids a dollar each to rake and bag em.
I like doing projects but hate the weekly maintenance. As soon as the kids were old enough to run the mower and string trimmer I took on the role of supervisor and chief nit picker. Allowance was always earned in the NPSP household.I am a strange cat. I like manual labor , always have. Quiets my busy mind.
Yardwork is relaxing for me.
Not sure but most likely porphyritic andesite. The original owner was an amateur geologist and supposedly found it somewhere near Bishop. I always assumed it was a pretty big bomb from an ancient eruption; but who knows...Ahhh the vesicles. Get the right light, that's a Halloween rock.
Porphyritic andesite or tuff?
The place we bought, landscaping all lined up with a long rock wall of what appears to be a series of banded calcites. At first blush, looked like gneiss but there are geodes blown out of it so kinda negates that idea (I think?). Besides, hey, it's not Aruka's waterfall but quite a chill location to hang the ol' wetsuit and booties to dry out. Definitely beats the previous apartment balcony!
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These weren't huge but they had to weigh about 200lbs each. Watching the guys move them around using and trucks and then toll them down the hill in place was impressive. Someone from the HOA saw and gave us a little bit of sh!t so we retroactively got the neighbors to sign the permission slips even though not one single house in the neighborhood could see them....we are on a hillside. The HOA drug their feet on letting us finish so my wife decided to dial into one of the HOA zoom meetings to inquire. Some **** on the board (who had us and a few neighbors threaten to sue the board a couple months ago over her obsession with closing an easement that has been there for 20 years) wasn't forthcoming enough with an answer so my wife told her we were considering turning the house into a methadone clinic. We got the letter a couple days letter that it was approved.no , they aren't. and boulders aren't either. bought big white boulders for either side of the driveway 10 years ago or so, each was about the size of an large ottoman...i seem to recall they were like $300-$400 each. plus delivery.
pro tip: when buying boulders for the garden, make sure you are there when they are delivered, for optimum angle and placement. otherwise, you will likely be stuck with whatever POV your wife selected, because once they are down and the delivery guy is gone, they are a bitch to move.