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the sea with no water, a forest with no trees, a mountain with no rocks, a desert with no sand. what am i?

November 17th, 2009

Rick

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Tags: Desert, Forest, mountain, Rocks, Sand, Trees, Water

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Proper Boulder Planting in Hardscape Landscapes

September 21st, 2009

Rick

Okay, you are probably laughing right now, saying,”Proper Boulder Planting? You’ve got to be kidding!” But no, we are serious. How you place your boulders in your yard can make the difference between a yard with a bunch of rocks thrown on it or a nice, aesthetically pleasing yard. There are a few rules.

The number one rule is, plant those rocks! Don’t leave them on top of the ground. They look like they fell off the truck. Each rock should have ¼ to 1/3 of it buried and the soil smoothed around them. Rocks in their natural state look this way, as they have been there for centuries with soil accumulating around them.

Secondly, never put rocks in a row. When have you ever seen rocks in their natural state lined up like soldiers? Never! Randomness is important. Plant irregular groupings of rocks, and intersperse those wonderful drought tolerant plants between them. Once in a while you can have a rock by itself, but again, not a lot of this or it gets repetitious. When you place rocks in a group, be careful not to plant them so the tops are even. Again, it helps to be a little random. Sometimes you can group three or more rather close together at the base of a slope and establish a planting area above. Let a little dirt cascade between the rocks. A row of rocks looks like a strafing run and needs to be avoided.

Sometimes if you can find the right two rocks, they can be placed close together and at the same plane (I know, I just told you NOT to do that, but bear with me) and can look like a rock that has broken. That’s pretty cool.

Watch the color and texture of the rocks. It’s good to get the ones that are similar close to one another. Another effective thing to do is to get the faces of the rocks at the same plane. Not necessarily lined up, but staggered at the same plane. In other words, the front surface of individual rocks may be upright from top to bottom, yet at an angle from side to side. Repeat the same side to side angle, but don’t line the rocks up.

So there you have it. Those are some basic ideas that can assist your hardscape design. However, the lesson on proper rock placement can be similar to my son’s experience with fine wine. He once asked a vintner to tell him what a good wine was. His answer was succinct; “If you like it, it is a good wine.” The same is true of your rockscape. If you like it, it is a good design.

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Grow Rocks

September 11th, 2008

Rick

Grow Rocks

Mammoth Red Rock Cabbage Seeds – Brassica Oleracea Var. Capitata – 0.5 Grams – Approx 100 Gardening Seeds – Vegetable Garden Seed

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The Mammoth Red Rock is slightly flattened with globes up to 10″ across. The red cabbage heads are solid red all the way to the core. The Mammoth Red Rock is a good storing variety….

Levels of Discovery Time Out Rocker – Girls

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The Time Out Rocking Chair for Girls makes “time out” a little more fun!We all remember our childhood rocker. In fact, many of us still have them. Given to us by someone dear, it became our constant companion while we read storybooks, watch cartoons or just rocked and dreamed&Now, meet Rock A Buddies, beautifully handcrafted and hand-decorated wooden “heirlooms-to-be” that are sure to delight your…

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All We Grow

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Growing Indoors is a Full Time Job

Hydroponics gardening is a type of growing indoors where plants are grown in a method other than top-soil. Usually, this refers to allowing the plant roots to suspend in a tray of water that is concentrated with nutrient solution. This allows the plants to absorb the necessary nutrients required for optimum growth. Due to this, hydroponics gardening tends to use the nutrients more efficiently and produce superior blossoms and yields.

Most gardeners that use the growing indoors methods tend to use the Ebb and Flow method that uses a pump to flood the plant growing tray with the nutrient solution on a continual and consistent basis. Technology assists in the monitoring of the environment to determine the required amount of nutrients to provide for optimum plant growth. Growing indoors using this system allows the use of a variety of mediums.

Hydroponics supplies, such as Gravel and Grow rocks, allow plants to get nutrients provided by the solution when are placed at the bottom of the grow tray. Gardeners, with small plants growing indoors, may opt to using individual plant pots that can be moved around easily if needed. However, with this Ebb and Flow Hydroponics System you need to be aware of power failures as roots can dry out quite quickly if this system is not kept operating at all times.

The Water Culture method is another common hydroponics system method that uses a raised gardening system. Within this method the plants are suspended on a Styrofoam platform which floats within the nutrient-rich water where an air pump is used to give oxygen to the plants by creating bubbles. This hydroponics method is perfect for leaf lettuce and other fast water-growing plants. This indoor gardening system is best used within a classroom setting to assist in the demonstration of the basics of growing plants.

The easiest and simplest hydroponics system of indoor growing is the Wick method. This is due to the fact that there is no expensive equipment to buy and does not require any moveable parts. With this method the gardener puts the end of the wick in the nutrient solution, while the other end is placed in the growing medium. However, one drawback of using this hydroponics system is that it is not ideal for large plants, as they tend to use up your supplies of solution and water faster than the wicks can supply the nutrients to the system.

If you are in the market for a hydroponics gardening system there are a variety of systems that you can choose from. Between the practically maintenance free systems to others that require a bit more attention, gardeners of all levels – be it hobbyists or the professional – can enjoy growing indoors year-round.

What helps rocks to grow?

Water, Sunlight and Little Love.