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Post by Woodyrock on Jun 18, 2011 10:36:22 GMT -5
We have one of intermittent creek running across our property. Just enough water to keep it wet, weed filled, and mucky all year. Last weekend, I dug the muck out to hard pan, Kathy lined it with weed barrier, set a couple of railroad ties. So, yesterday (Friday) we went to the local gravel pit and bought river rock. 8220 pounds of it, all of which I shoveled out of the trailer, and barrow ed to the creek where Kathy placed it to look natural. did not find a single agate or jasper in the lot. We need a gravel pit like Mel has in Texas. Woody Looking down the creek  Looking up the creek  |
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 18, 2011 10:43:45 GMT -5
What a job huh? came out really neat though. I can't believe how green it is there. Our area in this horrible drought, looks like burnt toast about now.....Mel
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Post by stonesthatrock on Jun 18, 2011 10:54:09 GMT -5
so beautiful there.......... it looks great and a lot of hard work. We also have rock but its our yard... no grass in az. lmao
mary ann
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jun 18, 2011 12:29:27 GMT -5
Beautiful yard, I love trees!!  |
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Post by roy on Jun 18, 2011 13:44:26 GMT -5
nice lookin yard you may need a small tractor that work is hard on the back!
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Post by Woodyrock on Jun 18, 2011 18:01:32 GMT -5
Mel, and all. the green comes with a price. as you walk, there is this squishing sound, and before mucking out the creek you could lose your boots in there! If God would only share the water evenly, what a great country we would have, but the green does make finding rock much more challenging.
Woody
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Post by drocknut on Jun 18, 2011 22:19:16 GMT -5
That looks great Woody.
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Post by tanyafrench on Jun 20, 2011 16:19:48 GMT -5
Woody, that is an awesome yard! You and Kathy did a wonderful job.
Tanya
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Post by Woodyrock on Jun 21, 2011 0:08:12 GMT -5
Woody gets no credit for the yard......I just do the labour part.
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Post by paulshiroma on Jun 21, 2011 0:19:21 GMT -5
Woody, just to make sure I read that right - eight thousand, two hundred, twenty pounds of river rock. Not a typo, right  ? That's a lot to move and shovel ... dang. Seriously, you have a beautiful yard. |
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starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by sampson on Jun 21, 2011 17:04:55 GMT -5
Great work Woody. That sure looks nice with all that fresh cobble lining the channel. Have you taken any measures at the upper end to try and stop fresh muck from coming in when it flows and covering up all the hard work you have done? I'm not sure what it looked like before all your hard work but it sure looks nice now.
Sampson
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Post by Woodyrock on Jun 22, 2011 1:16:21 GMT -5
Paul:
You got the weight right.
Sampson:
We did build a barrier, and lined the bottom with weed barrier cloth. The before was sort of like a rice paddy.
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Post by mohs on Jun 22, 2011 11:35:14 GMT -5
That's a fine looking river of rocks, Woody !
and dang... if i don't see heart shaped one
don't get me started ha ha
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Post by frane on Jun 22, 2011 14:44:26 GMT -5
Now that is a ton or many tons of work! It sure looks beautiful!
Fran
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Post by Woodyrock on Jun 22, 2011 14:53:27 GMT -5
Fran:
How about four tons and a wee bit. took four hours of shoveling to get this rock back to the creek.
Deeptime.........there is a heart shaped rock in there.
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Post by Tonyterner on Jun 25, 2011 8:25:38 GMT -5
Very cool. Your yard looks so inviting. I did a similar thing once only I collected the rocks myself out of the Delaware River. Carried them one back pack at a time up the hill to the car. I was much younger and dumber then. lol We gotta get and see that yard in person some time.
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Post by krazydiamond on Jun 26, 2011 18:52:42 GMT -5
that looks like quite the project and it turned out great! cudos to you and Kathy!!!! looks very Zen.
KD
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? That's a lot to move and shovel ... dang.
