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2. 21 Creative Ways to Use Rocks in Your Landscaping - AOL

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   Here are 21 front yard landscaping ideas with rocks, stone, and mulch to get you started. For more landscaping inspiration: 8 5 Landscaping Ideas for an Enchanting Outdoor Space

3. Fieldstone - Wikipedia

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   A chain-driven wheel rotates a graded scoop, picking surface rocks from the soil, and shakes off excess soil. A hydraulic lift then tilts and empties the rock bucket, usually along the perimeter of the farm. Washed and split, field rock is considered an attractive landscape and building material, and can be expensive at building supply stores.

4. Riprap - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] [3] Common rock types used include granite and modular concrete blocks. [4] [5] Rubble from building and paving demolition is sometimes used, [3] [6] as well as specifically designed structures called tetrapods or similar concrete blocks. Riprap is also used underwater to cap immersed tubes sunken on the seabed to be joined into an ...

5. Crushed stone - Wikipedia

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   Crushed stone or angular rock is a form of construction aggregate, typically produced by mining a suitable rock deposit and breaking the removed rock down to the desired size using crushers. It is distinct from naturally occurring gravel , which is produced by natural processes of weathering and erosion and typically has a more rounded shape.

6. Rock garden - Wikipedia

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   The standard layout for a rock garden consists of a pile of aesthetically arranged rocks in different sizes, with small gaps between in which plants are rooted. Typically, plants found in rock gardens are small and do not grow larger than 1 meter in height, [ 12 ] though small trees and shrubs up to 6 meters may be used to create a shaded area ...

7. Alternative natural materials - Wikipedia

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   Rocks have two characteristics: good thermal mass and thermal insulation. The temperature in a house built from rock stays relatively constant, thus requiring less air conditioning and other cooling systems. Types of rocks that can be employed are reject stone (pieces of stone that are not able to be used for another task), limestone, and ...