We purchased 4 boulders from the local stone company and they weighed in at over 4000 lbs. The first one, pictured here, was placed in the upper retaining area in the planting bed under the red maple tree. We planted 50 baby vinca plants all around it. I can hardly wait until everything grows in next summer.
The next rock was so heavy the contractor had his employee lay on top of the Bobcat as he brought the boulder down the hill to try to keep it level. They looked like they were having fun!
It was murder trying to get the big boulder up over the patio edge. After several tries and failures with the little Bobcat, the contractor went to get the big Bobcat and that worked. The second boulder is actually going to be a water feature in the planting bed. The stone yard drilled a hole in the rock and inserted a tube for water to spill out.
Above on the left you can see the water box (covered in cardboard) in a rectangle hole in the planting bed. A close up of the water rock is on the right. It's currently waiting to be placed on top of the box after it is completely installed. Also on the left you can see in the distance our new set of adirondack chairs under the trees in the lowest bed. I've wanted these chairs for almost my entire marriage, and now I have a set. Woo hoo!
The third rock was at the bottom of the sloping hill and is used to deflect a pipe of water that is draining from our gutters and driveway. It actually got placed upside down, but we like it better this way.
Some more shots of the guys getting it in the right place.
Here are some shots of the rock from a distance without the additional shrubbery. And below are several shots after we planted several bushes and moss around the rock.
Below the fourth rock is next to the potting shed on the way down from the garage side of the house. The picture on the left shows before I planted all the bushes and moss around it and the shot on the right show it after. We're still waiting for all the grass to grow in and the fence to be installed. Hmmm....I wonder when that'll happen.
Feel free to look at older posts (mostly in August) to see many of the before and during pictures of the hardscape process.
Carolyn "Care Bear" King
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