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Stones. - Vinny - 09-04-2021

I am digging up loads of stones on my plot and wondered whether there were any good ideas of how to get rid of them or what I can use them for. Huh
I will probably have about three of four wheelbarrow loads up til now with the number increasing as the days go by. Confused


RE: Stones. - Mark_Riga - 09-04-2021

I've got an old bath I'm going to use for growing mint in. I just need to move it into its final position then I'll half fill it with stones and top it up with soil and compost mixed. Also I've been filling a rut in the grass verge a bit down the road opposite a field entrance where tractors have been going in and out.


RE: Stones. - Spec - 09-04-2021

If you have a hut at the plot make a hard pad in front of it, or use them to make permanent paths


RE: Stones. - Vinny - 09-04-2021

(09-04-2021, 06:09 PM)Spec Wrote: If you have a hut at the plot make a hard pad in front of it, or use them to make permanent paths
The problem with that is weeds will grow through them?


RE: Stones. - Mamzie - 09-04-2021

Drystone walls, lining a wildlife pond or bog area..


RE: Stones. - Can the Man - 09-04-2021

(09-04-2021, 06:44 PM)Vinny Wrote:
(09-04-2021, 06:09 PM)Spec Wrote: If you have a hut at the plot make a hard pad in front of it, or use them to make permanent paths
The problem with that is weeds will grow through them?
You could put some mypex down first and stop the weeds growing through the stones then get some sand and put that over to fill in the gaps.


RE: Stones. - Vinny - 10-04-2021

I've found in the past that if you use stones for a path etc the weeds always manage to get through. Then you can't hoe them and have to pull them out by hand.

I thought about digging one of my beds soil out to one foot deep and adding stones to bottom then replacing topsoil?

The other daft idea I had was building a stone and cement pillar either side of my entrance gate and setting a planter on top? 

I have always fancied an arch at my gate and I could just build around the arch up to fence level.


RE: Stones. - Vinny - 10-04-2021

Just had another thought. A seat made from stones in a sunny position? Big Grin


RE: Stones. - Small chilli - 12-04-2021

I’ve been doing a bit of stone picking as well  Big Grin .

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That will be the edging for my cottage garden beds/paths.

My rule of thumb is if I can’t manhandle it by myself it won’t get kept.


RE: Stones. - Veggie - 12-04-2021

They're Rocks, not Stones and they make Vinny's Stones look like pebbles. Smile