Stones For Garden

kiwiben · 05-12-16, 01:33 AM

Hello Guys,
According to me , feature rocks is best for Garden.
Which stones you guys like for garden>
Cheers

natethebrown · 05-12-16, 07:25 AM

Anything that is free.

Drake · 05-12-16, 08:28 PM

Yes free is key! In central Minnesota we have a large variety of rock types to collect(glacier area) and many old farms grew as many rocks as crops so years of rocks removed from fields where piled in untillable areas. Framers had no problem with giving them away free(now landscape companies buy them as rocks are getting scarcer as with most things). We have relocated nearly two thousand basket ball to beach ball size(as large as I can lift) choice feature rocks to our perennial gardens over 25 yrs before demand has risen. Many have been carved with diamond blade saws for effect and stacked and pinned together into cairns and sculptures. When gardens are in full summer growth only about 25% of them are fully visible put in winter with light snow and spring they are as pretty to see as plants in summer. Especially on rainy days when rocks are wet looking polished.

DAPeterso · 07-07-16, 04:01 AM

Multicolor stones also look good in the garden, Mexican beach pebbels are also very elegant.

ecomodded · 08-26-16, 09:46 AM

I like big rounded rocks more than the smaller blast rock

CrankyDoug · 08-26-16, 11:51 AM

Well you are all welcome to as many rocks as you can haul away from my yard. They pop out of the ground like weeds every time it rains. Not high enough to see, of course, but high enough to take the edge off the mower blades.

Dear wife uses them to place around her flower beds, carefully hiding them in the taller grass so as to make sure the mower gets them.

Last month she suggested we buy a $3500 zero turn mower to make caring for three acres less work. Ten gallons of Roundup would have made more sense.

Steve scot · 09-20-16, 12:40 AM

According to me Mexican Beach Pebbles are best for garden, I like to use this rock decoratively in the garden or Most kinds are fairly inexpensive and readily available.

Mini · 11-26-17, 10:28 AM

ThaI like to use in my garden red decorative stone can be used for paths, patios & driveways to aids moisture retention in soil and keeps weeds at bay.

05-12-16, 01:33 AM	#1
kiwiben Lurking Renovator Join Date: May 2016 Location: Auckland Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Stones For Garden Hello Guys, According to me , feature rocks is best for Garden. Which stones you guys like for garden> Cheers

08-26-16, 09:46 AM	#5
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05-12-16, 07:25 AM	#2
natethebrown Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: North Alabama Posts: 167 Thanks: 0 Thanked 40 Times in 20 Posts	Anything that is free.

05-12-16, 08:28 PM	#3
Drake DIY Guy Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Mpls,MN Posts: 315 Thanks: 2 Thanked 17 Times in 17 Posts	Yes free is key! In central Minnesota we have a large variety of rock types to collect(glacier area) and many old farms grew as many rocks as crops so years of rocks removed from fields where piled in untillable areas. Framers had no problem with giving them away free(now landscape companies buy them as rocks are getting scarcer as with most things). We have relocated nearly two thousand basket ball to beach ball size(as large as I can lift) choice feature rocks to our perennial gardens over 25 yrs before demand has risen. Many have been carved with diamond blade saws for effect and stacked and pinned together into cairns and sculptures. When gardens are in full summer growth only about 25% of them are fully visible put in winter with light snow and spring they are as pretty to see as plants in summer. Especially on rainy days when rocks are wet looking polished.

07-07-16, 04:01 AM	#4
DAPeterso Banned Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: St Augustine Posts: 5 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Multicolor stones also look good in the garden, Mexican beach pebbels are also very elegant.

08-26-16, 11:51 AM	#6
CrankyDoug Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Georgia Posts: 100 Thanks: 6 Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Well you are all welcome to as many rocks as you can haul away from my yard. They pop out of the ground like weeds every time it rains. Not high enough to see, of course, but high enough to take the edge off the mower blades. Dear wife uses them to place around her flower beds, carefully hiding them in the taller grass so as to make sure the mower gets them. Last month she suggested we buy a $3500 zero turn mower to make caring for three acres less work. Ten gallons of Roundup would have made more sense.

09-20-16, 12:40 AM	#7
Steve scot Lurking Renovator Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Canada Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	According to me Mexican Beach Pebbles are best for garden, I like to use this rock decoratively in the garden or Most kinds are fairly inexpensive and readily available.

11-26-17, 10:28 AM	#8
Mini Lurking Renovator Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: USA Posts: 6 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ThaI like to use in my garden red decorative stone can be used for paths, patios & driveways to aids moisture retention in soil and keeps weeds at bay.