Thread: We Have Skills Too !!

Nice used of pocket doors.

Saved an old record #5 from England.


Can’t say enough about the pb blaster product.
This vice was seized and forgotten, for decades, outside.
A week of soaking, storing vertical, and file work on the ways and acme thread, as well as lots of dead drops to break crap free and voila.
Another century ready. I spent no time on the paint as this vise is for work, not for show.
Now to fab up a stand alone steel work post.

On the side of my house, I had 5 Rose Bushes. They had been there for 20-30 years. Way before me in this house. I wanted to take them out as they were not doing much anymore and had been hacked down many times so they were not growing nicely. So I dug them up by hand, Graded the ground for drainage as this is where the water comes out of my backyard. Then put down some material for weeds and shoveled in some river rock. A lot of work but I won't have to deal with this side of the house ever again. Well, until I need to work on radio coax cable. That's what is in the middle there. It goes underground to my tower in the back yard.

Looks great Jerry!

With that said, if the rock landscaping is anything like others that I've seen, there will be weeds.

My theory is that wind and rain deposit enough soil that seeds spread by the wind have a place to start.

Here's a pic of what my landlord did beside the Boars Nest. He even laid down the black mesh that's supposed to keep things from growing through--I failed to spray the weeds last fall so they are out of control. There's more than this is showing



I've been trying to get him to pay for the granules that are 'supposed' to keep things from growing in areas like yours and mine but so far he won't.

Maybe I out to just let it become a jungle and see if maybe then------

Looks good indeed Jerry.
I have the same rocks, and membrane underneath behind the pool, and as Roy says, the dead leaves and airborne seeds make for weeds which must be pulled, and or the rocks need be disturbed and overturned regularly. Usually both.

No way round it, only way to keep rock gardens clean is to spray and pull, can’t just spray or eventually you have dirt over rocks again.

My wife puts something on the rocks. More like floods the area with some kinda stuff and nothing grows! It will also kill plants that are close by. Don't know what it is but it sure works.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Looks good indeed Jerry.
I have the same rocks, and membrane underneath behind the pool, and as Roy says, the dead leaves and airborne seeds make for weeds which must be pulled, and or the rocks need be disturbed and overturned regularly. Usually both.

No way round it, only way to keep rock gardens clean is to spray and pull, can’t just spray or eventually you have dirt over rocks again.

Pretty much expected that to read "only way to keep rock gardens clean is to shoot 'em!"

I still have snow so had to find a picture from last summer.
That was from the show and tell at the razor meet up..

My old Enfield was getting passed around..
May need to find some 303 ammo for the coming craziness....
Naw, not up here. Most folks are still saying please at the shops.

Originally Posted by Gasman

My wife puts something on the rocks. More like floods the area with some kinda stuff and nothing grows! It will also kill plants that are close by. Don't know what it is but it sure works.

Find out what it is and how long it'll keep weeds from growing-------------------please.

I heard this works very well, but kills the chipmunks too.