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Permaculture rocks - no, I mean actual rocks

 
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Chris, I believe I've seen broken concrete referred referred to as "urbanite."  They've recently demolished a building in town that was gutted by fire last year and I've been drooling over the piles of brick and concrete.  
 
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I really enjoyed looking at all the beautiful rock creations everyone has made. Thanks for sharing! Here are a couple of my meager efforts at using my stones. I'm still working on using them all up.
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I have  friends who live on a mountianous 'rock farm'
I taught them the following uses of rocks;
- on contour rock ledges in an olive grove on a hill to capture silt and moisture for the trees.
- dry stone walling for a set of walls at their gateway.
- I built a pair of loveseats at the hill top for the two of them.
- reinforcing the drive edge as it goes around a dam.
- erosion control in a manmade water channel to prevent erosion.
There are many rocks left, so I keep thinking of good uses for them.
 
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Depending on how close your house is to the road. You may consider putting along the road. Friend of mine had a  stolen car go through her fence. She was afraid another one was going to crash and go into the house.

Another friend of mine but in dirt berm right along the road and planted a bunch trees in it.
 
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At this house we have a rock patch with weed barrier for landscaping.  We have what I call a rock watermelon.  Each year the kids sit on the porch and spit watermelon seeds into the rocks and each spring we get a few watermelon plants.  This year we got a huge one.  I don’t water it much, just if it gets really droopy.  The summer heat in Nebraska is too much without some water.
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