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Post by snuffy on Oct 31, 2013 13:53:56 GMT -5
Our area is covered with a layer of rocks a couple inches thick,between the topsoil and the clay.I am extending my garden and spading the soil,and picked these out of about a 4 foot bed.  Pet wood galore on bottom,and a few jaspers,Lots different colored quartzites,most rounded,apparently washed in by ancient floods,no telling where they originated.We have no native rock here,except some sandstone. This layer was a pain in the arse digging post holes with a hand post hole digger. snuffy |
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Post by jamesp on Oct 31, 2013 14:57:44 GMT -5
How thick is that layer Snuffy? I guess you could go to washes and grading sites and catch more.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2013 14:59:17 GMT -5
bad@ss!
woot!
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Post by snuffy on Oct 31, 2013 15:38:27 GMT -5
How thick is that layer Snuffy? I guess you could go to washes and grading sites and catch more. Yeah James.Heres some washes on land I sold some years ago.       Spent many an hour scouting these out,never got to them all. snuffy |
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Post by jamesp on Oct 31, 2013 15:50:43 GMT -5
Wow. You could just scrape a bit w/a small scrape blade and start over again. Looks like you got crystalline quartz's and agate type quartz's all in the same heap.
That is the fun way to hunt rcks that gravel.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2013 17:49:41 GMT -5
Jim, when you come to Cali we'll work Lavic. Prolly grab a half ton in two hours with two of us working it. lol Hell; ya gotta quit when the truck is full! lol snuffy thanks for sharing. That is really cool. How deep is the layer of gravel? Shallow enough to make it unsuitable for gophers? |
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 31, 2013 18:47:30 GMT -5
Dang Snuffy, life must be tough when you have to dig up pet wood and jasper from your yard just to plant a garden. I feel for ya man *L*...Mel
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Post by jamesp on Oct 31, 2013 18:53:46 GMT -5
Yea really.
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Post by snuffy on Oct 31, 2013 19:35:45 GMT -5
Jim, when you come to Cali we'll work Lavic. Prolly grab a half ton in two hours with two of us working it. lol Hell; ya gotta quit when the truck is full! lol snuffy thanks for sharing. That is really cool. How deep is the layer of gravel? Shallow enough to make it unsuitable for gophers? On the sandy hills,the layer is a little deeper,gophers dig out the smaller rocks,doesnt phase them.Where I live,the topsoil is thin,on the hard side,no gophers.The layer here is about 2-4 inches under the surface.Every hole my dog digs in the yard,find pet wood. snuffy |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2013 20:32:42 GMT -5
I used to live in a commune and to defeat gophers they dug out every bed to 8" and then lined it with broken glass, refilled the soil and started gardening, this time "no till" style. They/we never saw a gopher again.
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Post by 150FromFundy on Nov 1, 2013 18:18:35 GMT -5
Amazing. Laura and I also love gardening and are always expanding beds and digging new ones. Unfortunately, we are only rewarded with soft grey sandstone. Wanna trade? LOL!
Darryl.
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Post by grayfingers on Nov 1, 2013 18:25:43 GMT -5
Wow, that is some nice gravel all-right! Nice to know you can top off a tumbler load by taking a shovel out back.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2013 19:04:04 GMT -5
You could pick up those washes, plunk them down here and not see any difference. Some of them here have a lot more dirt rock mix but they are amazingly similar. I can't dig for pet wood though.
Jim
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 5, 2013 13:01:50 GMT -5
Dang,must be nice to rockhound youur own yard- thumbs up...LOL
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Post by rockpickerforever on Nov 5, 2013 14:04:51 GMT -5
Ya'll saw that horned lizard in the sixth pic, right? I know Scott did, lol!   |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2013 17:07:02 GMT -5
Ya'll saw that horned lizard in the sixth pic, right? I know Scott did, lol! I blew up snuffy's image in photoshop for all to see.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2013 17:09:10 GMT -5
and no I didn't! you had to point it out for me to see!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Nov 5, 2013 17:25:30 GMT -5
I photoshopped mine in... where did you find yours? That's not one of snuffy's photos, lol! It's way too green for Texas.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2013 17:28:31 GMT -5
I photoshopped mine in... where did you find yours? That's not one of snuffy's photos, lol! It's way too green for Texas. lol, actually I really am laughing out loud. I just googled until I got one I liked. P. modestum isn't found in Snuffy's neighborhood anyways! |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Nov 5, 2013 17:29:54 GMT -5
Mine was from Ocotillo Wells area, a flat tail. I caught you!
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