Home made rocks and other chores

Howdee all,

Today Adele and I worked on her patio..Carthage is in the Sand hills of NC. therefore there are very few rocks to be found. Rather than buy rocks for a patio…Adele likes to make them.

Here Adele starts the process by adding two bags of cement that has gravel in it…with some peat moss.

About Half of that black container of Peat is all that is mixed with the cement.

The consistency is flexible, not too liquid..but thick enough to lift up and put in a form. Here we are using the bottom part of a milk carton to hold the cement.

Then just plot the cement down…play around with the shape and you have a rock. There are many things that you can make with the mixture. 

 Just subject to your imaginationAnd Creativity…

Its allot of fun…and when we are done with the Patio we have several walkways we want to do and a few gardens to border.

After working on the Patio we spread around the Horse Manure that Craigy picked up..in his super cool Blue Truck.

  This is the third truckload…We need at least two more.

Doesn't our Homey look happy near the garden? Look what showed up today…Female Blue Grosbeak..where did male go? He left a week ago.

Indigo bunting was here for two days and we haven't seen him again either. Usually there are at least six of them here at a time…

Rose-breasted Grosbeak was here this morning..but we worked in the Garden near the feeders and I haven't seen him back this afternoon.

All the birdies are arriving at least a week ahead of schedule.  What's that all about?

If you decide to make some rocks..I would love to see your creations..

Hope you all had a wonderful, creative day!