Thursday June 12, 2003

Who would of thought...

How to weather rocks from the Rock Garden FAQ.

Q.   If I am bringing rock in from the outside to construct a rock garden from scratch, how do I hasten the growth of moss on my rocks for that weathered look?

A.   Believe it or not, there's a "weathering" trick -- and it's a job for your kitchen blender! Bring in some moss that you find growing somewhere -- this will be one of the ingredients of the "recipe." Your other ingredients will be about 2 cups of yogurt, and about 4 ounces of potter's clay to make the mixture stick better to the rocks. Puree until you achieve a creamy consistency. Pour the moss mixture on your rocks. As the moss takes hold in your rock garden, mist it to keep it moist. And voila: you have instant weathering.





Looking for a telephone number and I stumbled across this directory of City Frequencies. For example, now you can know which frequencies to tune your radio to in order to monitor Kentucky Fried Chicken in West Lebanon, NH. You'll have to do some hopping though, they have sixteen different chicken lovin' freqs. Of course there's a bigger selection when you get into areas like Palo Alto, CA where even apartment complexes have their own frequency. This one is confusing me, is HP that diversified?

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