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31 Comments
But is it really low maintenance? Just wait till the dirt sets in to the rock and no way to clean it all out
I sell more rock jobs in the summer over spring and fall! I add 25.00 per ton during July and August 😁 If I’m going to work hard in 90-100 degree weather someone is going to pay me very Well.
I would think you would sell your customers on mulch a lot more. Seeing as they will be coming back to you year after year once the mulch fade away. More $$$ for you, right!?!?
At some point you will realize that rocks provide very little for nutrients.
From a maintenance perspective, I wish more landscapers pushed rock vs mulch in my area. Soo much easier to clean the clippings out of the beds as long as the rocks are big enough to not get blown around. Thanks for the video. 👍
I personally rather do rock. It looks better and like you said it’s low maintenance plus for future bush trimming clippings blow out better. I do hate lava rock 🤠🤠
Keep up the hard work I am very proud of you man
Awesome work!! I am a solo O/O and did a similar project earlier this summer @ 7 ton. Very satisfying watching these projects evolve🙂 I also subscribed👍
I put decomposed Granite on top of weed fabric then rocks on top. Keeps weeds out better
Man I hate my rock beds… I am switching to mulch this year. As soon as your landscape fabric fails 10 years from installation you have weeks everywhere and the only way to fix it is to take all the rock out and put in new fabric. Also the mulch actually feeds the soil and keeps it moist, I can just bring in some new mulch and boom, no more weeds.
Half of the Taha you have the job is it behind the wall
I'm a new homeowner and I have lava rock but it looks thinned out and now weeds are coming up in certain spots, do I need to have the whole thing redone or just out down more rock in the thin spots
Your video was super helpful. Thanks!
So, did anyone think about the absorbing roots of all the oak trees in this vid?
To me this is way too ugly I think you used a rocks two or three sizes bigger than you should hav2. Smaller diameter rock would have accentuate and made yard 2x bigger then this size.
It would have been better looking with bigger river rocks. I only like small areas of the garden with bigger rocks.
Just started your video and already agree 100%! My husband and I are getting rid of all mulched bed's and replacing with river rock, for all the reason's you stated and then some! We had/have Orkin now due to an ant situation and found we also have other critter's, small snake's, wood spider's, rodent's etc all because of the mulch! We'd re-done a 25×25 ft patio with river rock last year and we love it! Everyone else does too and the best part, NO maintainance!!!!!! Thank you. now I have to finish your video 🙂
To bad there was no detail of actually taking mulch out or putting stone in. Not helpful at all. Real disappointed. Had hoped to actually see how to
Good luck with honeysuckle gone.
Rocks rock!!!!
Here's what i do….
Step 1. Spend 30 min every month torching the weeds w/ flame thrower. Make sure you wet all beds first w/ garden hose. Only need to hold flame over weed for 1-2 sec.
Step 2. Paint the mulch once it fades…(once per year if dye is mixed strong). Avoid getting dye on concrete…keeping concrete wet will prevent overspray stains.
Thats it…..Done
Ive got a mulched 'Australian natives' garden. Now getting to the stage where it could potentially do with a 'mulch topup'. Way cheaper than rocks! As for comments about weeds, yeah sure, there's weeds sometimes, but I find after rain the soil is soft and pulling them is too easy! For more stubborn weeds, careful use with a sprayer and 'roundup' ends them!!
Next time it would be more helpful if you recorded the work in the side where people are working, and not the other side where you just show a patch of grass.
Love the concept! Great work. ….just wonder if there was another color option for the rock to better co-ordinate with the rock edging?
Is it against the landscaping law to just put the rock on top of the mulch???
Can you do this in the fall?
Is rock bad to cover tree roots?
just wait 2 years, those leaves will fall down, get between the rocks and turn into a mess of dirt. rock is only low maintenance if it's in an area without leaves that can fall ontop.
Plucking weeds out of rock is no fun but rock does look better
Which fabric you recommend? Should I use Non Woven 5 oz fabric or 3.2?
Mulch attack cockroach 🪳.. prefer rock