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Post by Pat on Jan 12, 2014 21:48:58 GMT -5
I think that is an excellent idea!
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Tom
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Post by Tom on Jan 12, 2014 21:56:17 GMT -5
Real nice I like it
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carloscinco
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Post by carloscinco on Jan 13, 2014 5:57:18 GMT -5
I do the same. Sometimes I'll spot my niece and grand-daughter hounding through my flower beds.
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Post by pghram on Jan 13, 2014 10:07:32 GMT -5
Neat idea, thanks for sharing. The cacti seem to enjoy it, I know I did.
Rich
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timloco
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Post by timloco on Jan 13, 2014 19:49:26 GMT -5
That looks good. I know someone who stores most of his rocks outside incorporated into the landscape, it's a great idea. It's not like they go bad or anything.
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Post by iant on Jan 14, 2014 8:55:14 GMT -5
I do the same, I have a pile underneath my Chimnea.
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Jan 14, 2014 11:10:48 GMT -5
I do something similar, but they just end up in the yard gravel. The previous owner of this house had over half the landscaping done in river gravel and the toss-outs just end up back there. It's a fair exchange though, because I've scrounged through the gravel and tumbled a fair amount of the epidosite and some of the quartz
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 14, 2014 12:49:31 GMT -5
Great thought!
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blessed
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Post by blessed on Jan 14, 2014 13:33:55 GMT -5
Looks good. I thought about doing something like that but I have too many Oak and Hickory trees. Leaves are a big problem.
James
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Post by krazydiamond on Jan 14, 2014 17:04:22 GMT -5
i also use not-so-good seconds in my indoor plants, especially with cacti.
KD
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Jasper-hound
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Post by Jasper-hound on Jan 14, 2014 23:03:21 GMT -5
Yes, they work great in potted plants. And outside they do need to be on clean ground.
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fishermenrock
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Post by fishermenrock on Jan 15, 2014 18:15:18 GMT -5
kids in the neighborhood might start wandering off with them. starting a whole new generation of rockhounds
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The Dad_Ohs
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Jan 16, 2014 21:00:16 GMT -5
I just throw all mine into a pile outside the door and my mom comes along and snaps them up for use in her gardens!!
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bitterbrook
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Post by bitterbrook on Mar 19, 2014 10:03:53 GMT -5
They're good in fish tanks as well.
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Good Earth
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Post by Good Earth on Mar 19, 2014 11:05:18 GMT -5
My problem is re-hounding my seconds piles. I get tunnel vision sometimes when grading material, and I've found some killers that I had tossed aside as junk. I've got a pile of poppy jasper 3' high that I have turned a couple of times and am never disappointed!
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Mar 19, 2014 14:51:44 GMT -5
We put them outside in a flower bed and pots, find the bluejays like them too. They stash 'em in the garden. The ones in the pics. amongst the cacti look to deter unauthorized picking pretty well.
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Post by gemfeller on Mar 19, 2014 16:03:50 GMT -5
quartz, your comment reminds me of something that happened to a friend. He hooked up with an emerald dealer from Brazil and got some nice facet grade crystals. The miners down there soak their emeralds in oil to hide flaws and deepen the color.
One morning he wanted to do some cutting so he scrubbed the oil off the stones and set them outside on his sunny patio to dry while he made breakfast. When he looked out at the patio he noticed about a third of his emeralds were gone. He rushed outside just in time to see a bluejay fly off with another one. Those camp robbers do like pretty stuff and my friend never found his missing stones.
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Mar 19, 2014 21:47:18 GMT -5
Egad, anything but the gemstones. That IS a significant loss. When we ready the garden in the spring we find all sorts of stuff; our cull tumbles, small batteries, marbles, and lots of "planted" nuts.
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daisyd681
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Post by daisyd681 on Mar 25, 2014 14:15:50 GMT -5
Those damn jays. I will say there is one thing worse than stealing stones. One stole the key to the camp stove while we were camping.
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