Why is it that the amount of rocks coming out seems to be at least twice the volume of the space they come out of? A mathematical mystery!
Yup, you win But they are lovely stones, they would make a nice dry stone wall. Funny thing, every time I read advice like "sell it on facebook/freecycle/whatever" and I check, there are at least three people trying to sell stones and nobody wants them I bet somewhere else, people are paying a fortune for nice stones for rockeries, ponds and walls.
It’s essentially the bedrock I am hacking out, sheers off in layers like slate, so that bed will be like a stone trough sunk into the ground. Managed to get down to 60-70cm.
I have been digging in those bags of manure plus some compost this morning and unearthed another wheelbarrow full of stones, plus a few biggies, how did I manage to miss those first time ‘round? They must be breeding!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
What are those oval scars on the canes of your James Veitch, do you know, @edhelka? I ask because I noticed similar on my Gertrude Jekyll recently. They look like where thorns have snapped off, but I haven’t seen a shower of thorns around the base of it...
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Nollie I am quite sure they are thorn scars, these thorns are quite brittle and damage easily. It is a moss rose, quite heavily mossed, and the moss starts soft on the new growth and later become thorns, but I guess any rubbing combined with the cane growing can produce similar scars.
....'James Veitch' is one thorny rose..... just as well it doesn't grow too large...
..nice stones @Nollie.. I know how disheartening it is when you put the spade in and hit one of those... but like others have said, they have their uses... I don't mind edging borders with them to keep the soil back.. some ground covers will quickly mask the tops of them...
'Blythe Spirit'... I do like this sweet little rose... not one you hear much about..
...roots of plants fascinate me, including tree trunks.... I've just copied Edhelka's photo of her James Veitch rose to highlight what I see in the 'laxa' rootstock, and why I love it... not only for its growth habits but the quaint appearance...
..I hope you see what I see... I often think plants mimic us in some ways... or do we mimic them?... I think they came first...
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Funny thing, every time I read advice like "sell it on facebook/freecycle/whatever" and I check, there are at least three people trying to sell stones and nobody wants them
..nice stones @Nollie.. I know how disheartening it is when you put the spade in and hit one of those... but like others have said, they have their uses... I don't mind edging borders with them to keep the soil back.. some ground covers will quickly mask the tops of them...
'Blythe Spirit'... I do like this sweet little rose... not one you hear much about..
..I hope you see what I see... I often think plants mimic us in some ways... or do we mimic them?... I think they came first...