When we bought our home we knew there were quite a few rocks around the yard but thought a little elbow grease would take care of it. The kids were put to work right away and we decided to pay them a penny a rock. We put yard fabric down under the deck and along the back and side of the house so that we had a place to put the rocks they collected. Awesome, free rocks and a great border! We had paid a lot of money to have big rocks brought in at our house in Fruita.
During the months of June and July Trinitie earned $22 (2,200 rocks) and Autumn earned $19 (1,900 rocks). James was paid to do a separate job and mom didn't get paid for all the rocks she picked up along side the girls. We hadn't been in a hurry to get the yard done because we were working on finishing the basement but by August we had reached our limit.
We were ready to hurry and get at least the grass in before winter so we rented a tiller to smooth things out and ended up with even more rocks. It was overwhelming! We had to find a way to get the rocks up faster than we had been. Yay for the "Rock Picker." The picture of Jim and Autumn shows how many more rocks we got out after we had created a border around the house and under the deck. Jim figures there were about 20 yards of rocks.
The beginning of September we finally got the top soil spread,the seed planted and now we actually have a bit of green. Hopefully we have a good root system and it will thicken up this spring.
1 comment:
I still can't believe how many rocks you guys pulled out of your yard. I am glad it was you doing the work and not me!!
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