We thought we had a lot of rock in Texas. Vince would dig down a few inches and hit about about a 2″ layer of limestone. Vince said it was “soft” and he would use a bar to break it up. Texas was the first place he had lived where he had to deal with rock and he thought that was terrible . . til he started digging here.
Vince is planting some bare root trees and shrubs and for a small hole, he’ll get anywhere from 1-1/2 gallon to 3 gallon (buckets) of rocks from each hole.
It’s really crazy how many rocks there are. There are several places where the rocks protrude above the surface of the ground.
Vince had to dig this hole bigger than he wanted to dig it just to get to the edges of the rock where he could lift it up and out of the ground.
It’s hit and miss. A couple of streets over, they seem to have very little rock. It makes planting just a few trees a lot of work!
Christina says
Rocks? We call them boulders!! Poor Vince , I hit small rocks the size of coal lumps and I scream. It’s so annoying, all you want to do is plant a couple of plants and you feel you are having to dig to Australia to get a cleared area for the root ball. Vince has my sympathy.
Nelle Coursey says
That is a big rock!
Tracy says
—Its a good thing you don’t have to till it, there is no way a rototiller would make it through.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
For sure!
Twyla says
I have friends in Stone County, MO. They say it is very challenging to have a garden.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
I’m glad we decided to go with raised beds. I can’t even imagine trying to till up a garden here. It definitely isn’t this rocky all over because I see lots of gardens, as well as HUGE fields of corn and various grains, not to mention lots of blueberry and strawberry farms.