Rocks In The Garden

I rushed to get most of the veggie gardens planted yesterday before the rains moved in that evening. I managed to beat the rain but barely, as I was finishing up panting the courgette (zucchini) a steady rain was falling. I encountered brief showers during the day but this was the edge of the massive rain that was forecast to move through the area. I ran out of time and left a four pack of yellow banana peppers and my Hale's Best cantaloupe that will need to be planted later.

I had a four pack of courgettes and decided to plant them at the end of some of the rows. As I started to plant the first one my spade hit the stone that the plough hits as I come out of the garden. I decided to dig it up and get it out of the way once and for all. As I started digging, the stone got bigger and bigger. I finally manage to get a place on an edge of the stone cleared and used a two and a half meter (eight feet) long 4X4 post as a lever. Once the stone was loose, I rolled it out of the hole. With the stone removed, I returned to plant my courgette only to find another stone in the way. I continued to eventually remove five large stones and one small one. They were originally one large stone that had broken into segments.

Large stones removed from garden (Click For Larger Image)

It is hard to tell how large the stones are above without a frame of reference. They are huge stones and it was a job getting them removed. The largest are 40.5 - 46 cm (16 - 18 inches) in length. I will clean up the stones and used them in the gardens, perhaps adding them to some of the unfinished borders.