Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Apr 9, 2013 21:15:58 GMT -5
My wife is a Pinterest addict(we all have or vices) ;D ;D...She found a use for the blocks I have had sitting beside the house..We made a Garden...Apparently they are common.... here are some pics...    There is tomato ,cucumber ,squash, bell pepper,strawberries,cantaloupe,watermelon,okra,egg plant and red onions around the edge. We have been known to kill cactus and bamboo..Black thumbs  We also got a couple of cattle fence panels to do arches over the beds to give the vines somewhere to go.....I will add pics of that when we put them up.....John |
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blackout5783
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by blackout5783 on Apr 9, 2013 21:20:33 GMT -5
Is it sitting on a flattened LCD TV box?
HGTV to your garden through osmosis! ;D
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Post by helens on Apr 9, 2013 21:25:45 GMT -5
What a wonderful idea!!! We have a bunch of unused cinderblocks my husband dragged home too... HRM!!!
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Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Apr 9, 2013 21:36:39 GMT -5
LOL...It is sitting on an old tv box and a bunch of old magazines as a weed barrier..Helen now is the time to plant.....John
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snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Apr 10, 2013 8:50:55 GMT -5
Ya got fire ants there I suppose.Get plenty Amdro!
snuffy
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 10, 2013 8:59:46 GMT -5
That's a fine idea all right. We've got little topsoil so I have to bed most everything up. Have to haul a ton of limestone slabs to do it. You're method seems much more efficient.....Mel
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Apr 11, 2013 11:48:38 GMT -5
Planting in recycle stuff is vogue-well done.The planted stump too.
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bhiatt
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by bhiatt on Apr 11, 2013 12:40:46 GMT -5
after that cardboard starts to deteriorate you might have ya a bunch of worms. They love that stuff.
I live in the worm capital of the world. During a flash flood they all come out of the ground. The rock driveway has been covered with them so much that you cant even see the driveway and it over 600 ft long. Crazy to think how many of those suckers there are and they are not that far down either. Only about 18 inches or so.
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Geoff
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Post by Geoff on Apr 11, 2013 12:58:53 GMT -5
Nice. I've been wanting to make a succulent wall for a while...  |
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steveo
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Post by steveo on Apr 11, 2013 15:25:43 GMT -5
Nice ideas guys.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2013 20:35:31 GMT -5
Looks great but it would do no good here right now. 40% chance of snow tonight and tomorrow morning. The last snow storm hasn't quite all melted yet. I took a nap and thought I slept through summer. That green grass looks good enough to eat.
Jim
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Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Apr 11, 2013 22:04:18 GMT -5
Yea Jim , Brian said they got about 6 of snow inches in rawlins the other day....I can send you the grass clippings . ;D..we just mowed before the pics were taken...Geoff that is a cool setup....john
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