I'm working on a few new hobbys/projects over the summer. My family used to do a lot of rock harvesting. Creek stone, flat rock, and mountain stone. Right now the only thing i have access to is creek rock. The problem is the rock yards around here don't seem to be buying any lately.
I'm getting together with a friend of mine tommorrow to gather up some palm sized creek stone. We're planning to pick only flat, pretty ones for use as ground cover and decoration for our gardens and flower beds. This is an experiment really, i'm trying to cut down on weeding and erosion from watering. Planning to use leaves and dried grass clippings tilled under as well for water retention. I tried that weed guard stuff and hated it. So much trouble to work with, its ugly, and some weeds just grow on top anyway. My hope is that these stones will act like a mulch if applied thick enough but i'll be able to toss them aside this fall to till everything under then put them back next spring. The mulch requires replacing each year or two which is expensive and annoying plus a lot of the weeds just grow right in it.
After we finish our own projects we're planning on gathering up some extras in 4 gallon buckets. I'd like to try and sell some of these. I was hoping to get opinions on prices per bucket assuming the buyer picks them up at my friends house.
We're also considering gathering up a few piles of nice sized border stones for flower beds. These we could deliver and sell by the half truck load. Any ideas on how to price these?
