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Rotavating a garden - what size stones to remove?

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  • 07-05-2019 4:32pm
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    ScallionAyter
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    Hi. We'll be getting our garden rotavated soon and i wanted to know what size of stones should i remove / not remove?

    I know soil needs stones for drainage, so i don't want to remove stones which are actually helpful.

    One online guide says to remove stones bigger than your fist.
    Another online guide says to remove stones bigger than a matchbox.

    Any thoughts?


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    Shaunoc
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    Stones are good but not at the surface. We did lawn last summer in the furnace and removed as many as possible. Def matchbox size. I had no end of them even after that. Soil settles and more stones are born. If you dig a trench in part of lawns or regularly spaced and move stones there to improve drainage and cover back with soil. Kills a couple of birds.
    Good landscaping rakes and mindless workers (that was me). God it was hell


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    Lumen
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    Turns out that a "stone burier" is a thing!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPlh8Yb06sY


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    #4
    Shaunoc
    Registered Users Posts: 521 ✭✭✭Shaunoc


    Fierce hard to find locally here too


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