hello,
can you help advise on removing large boulders?
I have been awarned not to remove them via blasting as this will damage the foundations of the house. So I wondered was there a way to dissolve them?? Or is this a completely crazy idea. I would also be keen not to use anything that might damage the environment.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated!
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opabinia51
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Chances are the boulders are granite and no, there is no environmentally safe way to dissolve them. The only way to get rid of them is to hire a backhoe or other such large piece of machinary to pull them away from your residence and perhaps a dumptruck to carry them to some other location.
I would advise you to keep them as a part of your landscape. At my mother's place there was a large glacial boulder on her property that we included as a part of one of her beds. Planted some species of tall grass next to it and pine in front of it. It actually looks pretty nice.
If you really wanted to go crazy you could get a router with a diamond tipped bit and carve out planters in your boulders and grow plants in them.
I would advise you to keep them as a part of your landscape. At my mother's place there was a large glacial boulder on her property that we included as a part of one of her beds. Planted some species of tall grass next to it and pine in front of it. It actually looks pretty nice.
If you really wanted to go crazy you could get a router with a diamond tipped bit and carve out planters in your boulders and grow plants in them.
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I couldn't help but respond to this one! I have a completely flat, sandy property. My husband and I have spent years and much sweat and tears driving the back roads and dragging home boulders to add to our yard (I'm talking BIG boulders!). It sounds funny to hear someone trying to get rid of something we have fought so hard to get!
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I always liked the Lichens that grow on exposed rocks. Not to mention the stoneworts.
Knickanick is a nice ground shrub to have growing around rocks as well. I've seen it growing up in the Tundra of Northern Canada but, we planted as a low maintenance ground cover at a local Gov't institution. The berries are edible but, not very palatable. I guess if you boiled them down they would be okay.
Knickanick is a nice ground shrub to have growing around rocks as well. I've seen it growing up in the Tundra of Northern Canada but, we planted as a low maintenance ground cover at a local Gov't institution. The berries are edible but, not very palatable. I guess if you boiled them down they would be okay.
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