In my part of upstate NY across the border from Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains we have sedimentary rock, often quarried from hill tops as "bluestone". On my property I have an old quarry and ,many visible layers and ledges of rock exposed on the hill sides. I have rock piles and old stone walls that some ambitious farmer built thinking that his fields would eventually be cleared but I'm still finding rocks that have pushed up since his time. I too separate out small, medium, and large rocks as I'm gardening or whatever to make good use of them. I really appreciate having them! I'm building my own wall across the front of the property and have made several raised beds with the stone I have picked. Laying stones is very relaxing, almost meditative.
When I dig a hole and separate the dirt from the rock the rock pile is twice the size of the dirt pile. Interestingly, every so often instead of the very common flat rough sandstone sedimentary type rocks I'll find round smooth non-sedimentary rock. I'm not sure what type of rock those are as I'm no rock hound. But I do recognize that some ancient geologic process put an oddball where it stands out for me to find and ponder about.
One ruse I pull on more gullible folks who ask what I grow on my property is to tell them I grow rocks. Wide eyed in amazement they ask how I do that. So I tell that in the fall I scatter a five gallon bucket's worth of little gravel and pebbles all over my property. Then I come back in the spring and all the pebbles and gravel have grown into big rocks that I then pick up to use on my walls or in my garden. Sadly too many don't understand the natural process that's really going on and believe me.
In my part of upstate NY across the border from Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains we have sedimentary rock, often quarried from hill tops as "bluestone". On my property I have an old quarry and ,many visible layers and ledges of rock exposed on the hill sides. I have rock piles and old stone walls that some ambitious farmer built thinking that his fields would eventually be cleared but I'm still finding rocks that have pushed up since his time. I too separate out small, medium, and large rocks as I'm gardening or whatever to make good use of them. I really appreciate having them! I'm building my own wall across the front of the property and have made several raised beds with the stone I have picked. Laying stones is very relaxing, almost meditative.
When I dig a hole and separate the dirt from the rock the rock pile is twice the size of the dirt pile. Interestingly, every so often instead of the very common flat rough sandstone sedimentary type rocks I'll find round smooth non-sedimentary rock. I'm not sure what type of rock those are as I'm no rock hound. But I do recognize that some ancient geologic process put an oddball where it stands out for me to find and ponder about.
One ruse I pull on more gullible folks who ask what I grow on my property is to tell them I grow rocks. Wide eyed in amazement they ask how I do that. So I tell that in the fall I scatter a five gallon bucket's worth of little gravel and pebbles all over my property. Then I come back in the spring and all the pebbles and gravel have grown into big rocks that I then pick up to use on my walls or in my garden. Sadly too many don't understand the natural process that's really going on and believe me.