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Where can I find rocks?

The TVClubHouse: General Discussions: 2004 May - July: Home and Garden (ARCHIVES): Where can I find rocks? users admin

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Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, June 07, 2004 - 11:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can find river rocks and pea gravel in bags, but what I am looking for are larger stones, maybe the size of my hand or a bit larger. (To separate where the mulch meets the grass in our landscaping.) Menards and Home Depot do not seem to carry rocks that size. Any suggestions?

Frogichik
Member

06-11-2002

Monday, June 07, 2004 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I would call a local landscape nursery. Some nurseries sell mulch and gravel in bulk by the pound.

Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Monday, June 07, 2004 - 12:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Julie I would look in your newspaper want ads under landscaping or retaining walls, I know in my local paper there are all kinds of places that sell rocks of different sizes. Or check with different construction companies.

This is the time of year when they are all advertising it.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Monday, June 07, 2004 - 1:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks you guys!!

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Monday, June 07, 2004 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Julieboo have you tried going to your local lake or creek bank? Or river? There are usually some pretty neat looking rocks around there and ya can usaully take them home. uhhh Depending on where you are. If your at a local or state park I wouldn't move them.

However, there should be some streams around the roadside somewhere? Then again I'm in kentucky so who knows?

Jed. :o)

Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 1:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Julie did you find any rocks? I saw an ad in my local paper for rocks all sizes and shapes for 5 cents a pound. I need to get a bunch of rocks myself, but I have too much other stuff to do first.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 2:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well we are now thinking about using thiose crescent shaped bricks to edge the area with instead. I s'pose we could go looking for rocks like at new construction sites or call around... But we are doing other things first.

I do have a question though. Might put it in the gardening thread, but will try here first:
is mulch that much better than rocks for trees and bushes? We want to landscape with something other than dirt but I don't want to remulch every year. Are rocks okay to use?

Thanks!

Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 3:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Julie rocks are OK to use around trees and bushes, but mulch is better, it adds nutriants into the ground. Most mulches will last several years if you buy the stuff that is in larger pieces, that way you could just top them off each year.

You could also do a combination of both, either mulch and than rock on top or mix the two together.



Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 6:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Jagger. You ROCK!!!!