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Post by sierraskyesmom on Mar 15, 2006 21:18:29 GMT -6
Guys (and gals) - I'm at my wits end. I live in a subdivision in the middle of nowhere that used to be some kind of mine. My yard is nothing but red clay dirt and rocks. When we bought the house they had seeded and strawed, but we've yet to really get some grass. I can't even grow flowers or landscape because I can't dig further than an inch or so down. If anyone lives in an area like this or can tell me what equipment or tools I may need - PLEASE HELP ME!  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2006 8:00:45 GMT -6
Sierraskyesmom
Have ya considered using raised beds?
I once encountered soil like that at my grandmothers and it involved some pretty labor intensive prep work.
Do a site search on raised beds or even perhaps the lasagne garden, it might be the answer yer lookin for!
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Post by jeanette on Mar 16, 2006 9:35:32 GMT -6
or container gardening.. for your flowers anyway.. i found that is much easier and really very pretty.. get creative. you can plant flowers in anything.. I've got old wringer wash tubs in which some perennials grow.. bad part.. the cats love to sleep in them in the summer
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Post by Talks With Beagles on Mar 20, 2006 21:21:12 GMT -6
You're lucky if all the cats do in there is sleep.
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Post by chickenfarmer on Mar 21, 2006 0:39:18 GMT -6
We grow some of the prettiest rock gardens down here too. Try the raised bed methods and plenty of soil amendments..
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Post by crazy1 on Mar 21, 2006 6:12:13 GMT -6
In this area the pharmers can grow rocks as well as corn  . All we do is pick pick pick. Aint to much phun. But the raised bed idea is probably your best bet. Good luck.  |
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Post by Compost Pharmer on Mar 21, 2006 20:58:14 GMT -6
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Post by crazy1 on Mar 22, 2006 5:36:16 GMT -6
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Post by Laura on Mar 22, 2006 6:23:51 GMT -6
 Heck we go out & bring rock's home..needed em for several flower bed's as a border.. We also use them else where in the garden for holding down the remay..work's great!!
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Post by crazy1 on Mar 22, 2006 6:40:14 GMT -6
To bad I'm not closer to the Phunny Pharm, I've got all you need from as big as a hardball, to the size of a slugbug  |
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Post by chickenfarmer on Mar 22, 2006 13:21:53 GMT -6
No farm is duty rock free.....
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Post by crazy1 on Mar 22, 2006 18:10:21 GMT -6
AMEN!!!!!
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Post by douglas on Mar 28, 2006 5:03:52 GMT -6
Even have a few here now and then and sometimes a bit of coal gets mixed in |
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Post by nvtashak on Apr 16, 2006 20:40:45 GMT -6
Ready to be harvested when they split....into manageable size.
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Post by deb65802 on Apr 22, 2006 11:40:11 GMT -6
ready to be harvested when you hit it with a hammer
and it talks back
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Post by Compost Pharmer on Apr 22, 2006 17:32:41 GMT -6
 Thanks for the harvesting instructions. I will file them away for future reference, when dem rocks are ready for harvesting. 
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Post by chickenfarmer on Apr 22, 2006 18:47:45 GMT -6
I remember a recipe for rock soup, I beleive...
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Post by ceresone on Nov 15, 2006 7:10:10 GMT -6
not rock soup, stone soup, remember? ready to be harvested when they grow up into your raised beds--and they will--
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Post by jack on Nov 15, 2006 12:13:59 GMT -6
Gidday
You can grown great veges or flowers even on concrete with straw bale gardening.
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For you's that grow rocks, how can you tell when they are eady to be harvested?? 
