snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Mar 12, 2014 10:25:21 GMT -5
Decided to do a test dig in my garden area.I've upended rocks and wood while working my garden before,but due to building my beds on top of the existing soil,have never did a detailed check of whats actually under it.Well,I did a 2ftx2ft square,and started digging.The first couple pieces of wood showed up at 2 inches deep.The layer of rocks were4 inches thick,went to a depth of 6 inches to the clay layer.30 lbs of stones later,about 45 minutes to do.4 square feet,30 lbs,43,560 square feet in an acre,heck of a pile.Anyway heres pics.     The dirty pile  Clean wood  Jaspers,quartzes  Smaller ones  Few favorites  Realy like this one,looks like some little poppies in it Thanks yall for taking time to look! snuffy |
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aimeesrockworks
spending too much on rocks
I really do look like my avatar... it kinda freaks me out.
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Post by aimeesrockworks on Mar 12, 2014 11:00:11 GMT -5
You grew pretty rocks!!
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 12, 2014 11:14:31 GMT -5
LOL. Dump a little compost in that hole and see what comes up next year.
You're lucky. My rock layer is down about 7 feet. I'd need a backhoe to get to them.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 12, 2014 11:26:59 GMT -5
After years of rototilling, I've got lots of rocks in my raised bed garden. But they don't look nothing' like that! Dang, you don't even have to leave home to come up with neat stuff! Way cool, snuffy.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Mar 12, 2014 11:32:13 GMT -5
I am thinking 'Snuffy's Agate Mine'. The fact that you have so much pet wood in intriguing.
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snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Mar 12, 2014 11:41:44 GMT -5
I am thinking 'Snuffy's Agate Mine'. The fact that you have so much pet wood in intriguing. Lol Agates are few and far between James! However,the wood is a different story.Have an intense dislike of digging fence post holes with a hand post hole digger most of my life.The flat pieces of wood like to lay on their sides,making moving over necessary lots of times.Dont have to worry bout that any more. snuffy |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 12, 2014 11:51:19 GMT -5
Hah! Pretty darn rough that you have to get all those pretty rocks out of the way before you can dig a hole in your garden. On my hill all I have is crappy limestone and flint and I have to set the mower real high just to avoid breaking my blade on the dang rocks sticking out of my lawn....Mel
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Mar 12, 2014 13:24:07 GMT -5
I am thinking 'Snuffy's Agate Mine'. The fact that you have so much pet wood in intriguing. Lol Agates are few and far between James! However,the wood is a different story.Have an intense dislike of digging fence post holes with a hand post hole digger most of my life.The flat pieces of wood like to lay on their sides,making moving over necessary lots of times.Dont have to worry bout that any more. snuffy Post hole diggers = arthritis in neck and shoulder. Rocks do us in too Snuffy. Was glad to get the fencing done. In Florida you just stick a water pipe w/hose attached and the water jets the post into the ground. It falls on it's on weight. After the sand settles the post will snap off if you hit it w/a tractor or car. It locks in. Still envious of your underground forest. |
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Post by 150FromFundy on Mar 12, 2014 15:46:14 GMT -5
That is completely insane! I am routinely volunteered to dig many holes for my WifeBoss who is obsessed with gardening. My only reward ... brown sandstone. I feel like Charlie Brown on Halloween.
I think I could get more into gardening if I lived in your neck of the woods.
Darryl.
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grayfingers
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Post by grayfingers on Mar 12, 2014 20:42:56 GMT -5
Wow, that is cool as all get out.
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Mar 12, 2014 21:51:39 GMT -5
We often don't get that much out of a comparative area in what we think of as a hot spot, lucky you.
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Post by roy on Mar 12, 2014 22:29:18 GMT -5
lol some people have all the luck the only rocks in my yard are the ones i put there
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 12, 2014 23:22:54 GMT -5
Same here, If I dug that deep I would probably just hit the septic.  |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Mar 13, 2014 5:44:07 GMT -5
I rebuilt this old Deerborn two disc plows and fitted it w/28 inch discs. It will speak wonders to the ground. I bet it is 70 years old. Weighs about 900 pounds. It will flip those rocks up at about 4 MPH.   |
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snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Mar 13, 2014 6:10:29 GMT -5
James,that would work!lol. Be too easy though.
snuffy
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Mar 13, 2014 6:57:38 GMT -5
You would want to shoot me Snuffy . That plow will invert and put your fine topsoil face down and flip the rocks on top. Rough on mower when grass season starts. Great for rock hunting though.
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Post by beefjello on Mar 13, 2014 20:05:09 GMT -5
Dang Snuff, you need to excavate your whole yard!!  Great finds at your doorstep! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2014 14:59:49 GMT -5
Snuffy for garden prep you should set up a small "fee dig site". Let people in for say $5 and $0.50 a pound for all they dig. Make them work in confined areas. When that area is dug out, move them over. Soon they'll clear the entire lot and you'll have $150K and soil prepped for gardening!
Ya gotta think like Huckleberry Finn, "I'll let you paint this fence for $1" or whatever it was
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