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One man's Rubble is another man's ROCK GARDEN

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Through the pages of many excellent alpine and/or rock garden club publications, newsletters, and of course internet postings,...

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bowl_you

9 Feb, 2018
Bowl_you

FLINTSTONES

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No not the animated American TV series about a working class stone age family ........ Flint has been used by humans to make...

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amy

7 Mar, 2016
Amy

Funny Faces 3rd edition

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Here are more funny faces that I came across this year: Look's like he's had a silver filling! (West Runton, Norfolk 14.5.15) Life's...

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the_white_horse

9 Dec, 2015
The_white_horse

Pond updates June 2016(last pic)

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Some of you may remember the trouble we had trying to get the installer to return to deepen the pond as per spec. We gave...

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steragram

4 Jun, 2015
Steragram

Funny Faces in Stones

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As with trees, I enjoy searching for and photographing 'funny faces' in stones, rocks and any other natural surfaces. These...

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the_white_horse

6 Nov, 2014
The_white_horse

JEWELS ..... between rocks and hard places

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October has been mild ... a good gardening month ... even though Truffle the Terrier tried to find a short route into November...

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terratoonie

29 Oct, 2014
Terratoonie

Front Garden Facelift

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At the start of September, I decided that if I worked very hard, I could fit in one more major gardening project before the...

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terratoonie

13 Oct, 2014
Terratoonie

Ontario Rock Garden tour

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by John Beaulieu Each year I try to go on at least one of the Ontario Rock Garden & Hardy Plant Society tours. Even...

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bowl_you

9 Jul, 2014
Bowl_you

A Sink Garden.

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We found a number of these old Belfast type sinks around the garden. This is how I turned them into alpine growing areas. The...

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Owdboggy

29 Apr, 2012
Owdboggy

Freebie Rockery Stones

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These are the stones all loaded up for transport to our back garden. I am so chuffed with them. They'll be so useful when...

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whistonlass

13 Sep, 2010
Whistonlass

Painting Rocks

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I had a couple of people ask about painting rocks, so I'm going to keep a record of the stages next time I do a flower rock. For...

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Gillian

26 Jan, 2009
Gillian