Pond rocks

[Jutt]

Just been buying rocks / slate for the perimeter and waterfall for our pond..
I just cant believe how expensive it can get.
Way its heading it probably gonna cost more than the liner and pump etc .lol
ok..rant over

 

[TheFishGuy]

Where are you getting them from? they can get expensive, but there are so many ways to get them cheap, like finding them.

 

[Jutt]

getting them from a landscaping place,, 35c a lb

 

[TheFishGuy]

getting them from a landscaping place,, 35c a lb

interesting, the place I go too is highly variable, the big rocks they just mark with prices, but the small stuff, well that can get expensive....

 

[Jutt]

i just came back with 3 large rocks and 3 large bits of slate.. $105
( granted it was approx 260lbs) lol..
Guess the rockery isnt getting done over a weekend lol
The place i go does also offer them by the pallet also

 

[addy1]

I never hid it from hubby, but also never told him how much I spent on our rocks, 6 pallets and a truck load of pea gravel.................

 

[Jutt]

The misses wants it done ASAP... im just gonna have to grab a load every week lol

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Rocks are definitely expensive. I went with flagstone. It wasn't what I wanted, but they were somewhat cheap. Went to a landscaping place and literally bought the cheapest thing they had available. It ended up being about half the price of the liner and underlayment, but it was still more expensive than I would've liked, and I felt like the amount of rocks I got for that price was hardly worth the cost.

 

[TheFishGuy]

Rocks are definitely expensive. I went with flagstone. It wasn't what I wanted, but they were somewhat cheap. Went to a landscaping place and literally bought the cheapest thing they had available. It ended up being about half the price of the liner and underlayment, but it was still more expensive than I would've liked, and I felt like the amount of rocks I got for that price was hardly worth the cost.

Now Im glad I wont be the one paying for rockss..... I am planning on rocking in the edges, bottom, and possibly sides in a 1700 gallon pond......

 

[Jutt]

The misses wanted to do the flagstone / slate around the edges,, wanted to go with river rocks... now my way looks like its gonna cost more.. might have to bit of both to bring the cost down lol

 

[Jutt]

This is the selection i have to choose from.

 

[TheFishGuy]

This is the selection i have to choose from.

wait, thats it? or is that just what you were looking for?

 

[Jutt]

That's is what is available at 35c a lb..

 

[TheFishGuy]

That's is what is available at 35c a lb..

ahhh, now I see

 

[poconojoe]

Darn...we have all the rocks we need and then some... and then some more. Sorry to brag but this mountain is full of them. When we plant a tree or shrub it seems like we pull more rocks out than soil.

We're in the Pocono Mountains of PA. We call the rocks Pocono potatoes because it seems they grow right out of the ground in the Spring. I guess it's from the expansion of the frozen soil that makes them pop up.