Are there stone fairies ?

Ok I give in I cannot contain myself any longer I want to know if there are any stone fairies ? I use fairies to stay positive although devil comes to mind. I dig the same piece of ground as last year and the year before and still stones appear LOADS OF THEM as it happens as I approach the area to be dug there they are just laying there almost sun bathing, they were not there yesterday when I gave the ground a quick eye over. I bend the back and start digging and stone the size of house bricks are hiding just under the surface how did I miss them last year, am I going mad.

Russ.

 

I had to read this post twice, but no lol, it`s your imagination.

 

You will live in the West of Ireland! Beautiful part of the country, so don't blame you, but very stony...

 

be thankfully look at the derange you have got all thanks to the little people

 

Nope you're not going mad - else I am well and truly in your company!! We have stone fairies here too - or great hulking trolls!!!!! (no - thats me other 'alf!!! :hehe: )
Every year I dig over the borders, weed throughout the summer, and even had the garden landscaped 3 years ago. Every year there is a fresh crop - great big rocks half of them!!
My theory is that the pea shingle is really rock seeds........ :hh:

 

I agree with Honey ... I had them in Bucks and they have somehow followed me to Portugal ....

I also had fairy rings on the lawns in the Isle of Wight .... but we all know what they are .... :hehe:

 

Don't be silly... Fairies wouldn't do that!

It's the Pixies!

 

What? ... move the stones or make the fairy rings .... :hehe:

My uncle had this stone problem in Beds when I was young (many years ago, I might add) and Sis (Kedi-Gato from Germany) may remember this as well. In his rose border these stones always appeared although he removed them constantly.

By the way, we are Welsh and not Irish (but Sis and I had an Irish grandfather ... an Egan) ... so does this make a difference ?????

 

You're still Celts:gnthb:

 

:D And proud of it ..... :gnthb:

I wear a Celtic necklace, earrings and toe ring .... and have a finger ring as well .... :yho:

 

I think Honey Bee might have hit the nail on the head about pea shingle being rock seed, the reason I say this is because I did add a mixture of pea gravel and sand to my soil to make it less heavy as it was slightly sticky and wet.

So if the pea gravel seed is giving me rocks how come the sand has not given me a golden beach

 

Well I think the stone fairy has been to visit me in Susex. I've just filled half a bucket with small stones

I keep them as drainage for pots, saves buying gravel.

 

You don't have to buy gravel - thats what the sand grows into!!!! :hehe:

...and have you ever noticed - there are ALWAYS more stones in the bottom of your pots when you tip the old compost out than when you put some in at the beginning of the season!! :dh: