I want to try this around my rural mailbox but one side of the lawn is slightly sloped.It slopes near my driveway.Would I have to build it up with soil to make it even first in order to use this mold?Also what do I have to do other than remove the...
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You are dealing with a mold that provides for a 2" depth of concrete which is more than generous enough for any walkway or any form of landscaping decor. It really isn't necessary to do much in the way of ground preparation. If your intent is to allow the grass to grow between the poured stones anyway, you could just mix a relatively stiff batch of concrete and pour it right on top of the grass. The only issue will be keeping the concrete from oozing between adjacent stones--thus forming one large pour that is only imprinted by the mold rather than segmented by the mold into a series of smaller pours--each representing one stone. This might be easier to accomplish with a small amount of course sand layered on top of the grass, dampened and smoothed over to provide a better point of contact with the bottom of the mold. Then just pour and finish. Pour the concrete relatively stiff and keep a hand-trowel handy for finish working of the stones after you've released them from the mold. It all goes pretty fast. Most of the effort is in mixing, pouring and finishing. The preparation stage is pretty much negligible from a time and effort perspective. Another alternative that I have used with the mold when dealing with oddly shaped landscape details is to pour the stones in a remote location to where they will eventually be placed. My backyard is largely flat and sandy--ideal to this task. So I set up a little assembly line where I poured multiple iterations of molded stones, finished them, let them cure about 24 hours, and then I lifted them off the sand where they were poured and relocated them to their intended final positions in the landscape.
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I have had two different styles of these on my side and front porch all summer. It has a nice glaze, and I wouldn't see a problem with them being totally outside, unless they got clinked by a rock or something a lawnmower might fling. I will be putting them into the garage over the winter, as with all my other yard and garden stuff, other than the rocks. We live in Northern Michigan. I use as side tables, but can sit on them...
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That's a tough one. Mine is set on dirt, but I don't think it needs to be to function properly. I do like mine. It was easy to put together and has produced some nice compost for my garden. Good luck.
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Just my opinion, I think maybe getting some garden edging would be better to collect the leaves, or there is flex border material, like the recycled decking, that you could wrap around ground stakes, that may be better suited. This is a great raised bed, I bought two of them, but I am going to use them for vegetable gardening and make mini-greenhouses out of them, maybe do both projects !! :)take care
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I don't have much experience with this product. I've only tried it once with poly clay pushed in the mold. It reproduces well, but isn't very strong and will tear if you're aggressive with it.
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I had several garden trellises (decorative) that were just laying around the yard. I stuck them around the edges and increased the number of pea plants, as well as planting morning glories for fun. I don't see why you couldn't put some sort of trellis/lattice around the sides that you could tack fencing on to. Just remember not to make it too shaded!
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go to lowes homedepot and buy a blade to cut concrete or masonry for your skilsaw and a bottle of crack filler for whate ever type of material your driveway is made of. cut a line about 1 inch down. lay your wire into the cut and then pour into the cut the the crack filler. It will take longer to go to the store and buy what you need than it will to mak the cut and fill it. My 2 dogs know exactly where that wire is and will not cross it. I have had my syetem in the ground now for a year and a half. The control box did die about a year after i nstalled the system. i called up the company told them what was going on they agreed that the box had failed. I had to send in the box to them they fixed it for free. i paid for the shipping to them they shipped it back for free. i had a collar go bad they had me send that in and they repaired it and sent it back, that was a year ago and so far so good. My dogs run free on 2 and a 1/2 acres and are outside 24/7 the system does work. just keep an eye on the battery levels. dogs are smart and figure out when the battery is low and then they are off for a joy ride. I purchased recharagble battery's and I just swap battery's out about once every 3 or 4 weeks. i hope this helps
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I guess it depends on how you grow it. I use organic soil and get two full cuttings. The grass is a little less tender on the second go, but a 900W Bullet handles it nicely. No luck so far with a third cutting, as mold tends to develop on the soil surface.
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I personally haven't tried the pitching machine on a sloped yard, but after having the machine I wouldn't worry about a slight slope. The front base of the machine has 2 pointed things that you push in the ground. It digs in good and doesn't move when you're using the machine. You'll need to adjust the pitch based on the slope.
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WOW sound like my problem, if I am in my own yard, I use a small garden shovel to get under it and lift it off the grass, it works. (I know, what to do with the shovel...lol) But if I am out walking, I just use a paper towel (uugg). I am going to try the newspaper like the other reviewer suggested.
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I don't see why not, but you'll need really level dirt to make them look even. If its an area that gets any run off it could make them get lopsided over time. Good luck. :)
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we soak our garden soil the day before we put these in. we usually get 2 to 3 growing seasons out of them & then re-order. we use them to keep our 3 good sized pups "honest" & out of the garden areas. being in central Indiana we pull them before it snows. since they are a wire fence, they will bend....but we don't force them into the ground.... thanks for the question & good luck....
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I did mine in the lawn but I would put down landscape fabric going up the insides to keep the dirt in as no cement is perfectly level.
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About 1.5 cups is good. We used 2.0 cups and the grass was very thick. If there is no air movement a white mold begins to grow. It is not a dangerous mold, its just common to growing wheat grass. If you place a small fan blowing on it and use 1.5 cups you should have very little trouble with the mold. Also get two kinds of trays, one with drain holes and one without.Grow the grass in the ones with the drain holes and place that try inside the one without the drain holes. Use 1 by 1 pieces of wood to raised the inner tray up to keep air circulating. Good luck, it's easy
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I had landscapers put mine together and fill with topsoil because I have disabilities. They said they didn't recommend it on cement unless you stapled very heavy weight plastic to the inside to prevent soil loss and you'd have to make sure you got plastic that wouldn't have chemicals in it that could leech into your plants. I put mine in the yard, on the grass, and had good luck with them and I have 6 beds. Make sure you get good quality top soil -- I had a yard of it delivered from a local supplier and it was great, black dirt with no stones or stems in it. My landscaper said it was about the best dirt he'd seen and it was under $75 delivered. I hope this helps you decide how you will proceed.
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I had a similar problem...I made the mold on plastic on a flat surface, my driveway. Then I broke apart the squares into the 8 separate pieces and like a jigsaw puzzle arranged them till I finally got them to fir
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level it out as best you can - I dug down one side and moved the dirt to the other side and used round stepping stones so the poles did no sink into the dirt... If the ground is very uneven you may need to have someone deliver a truck load of dirt to level it out. Do NOT put this on a hill as it will put too much pressure on the poles on one side and could collapse with you in it!!!