Hi All, I'm just curious why this discussion isn't being shared on the NARGS Forum. This is exactly the kind of subject that would generate a lot of interest, and would get a lot of responses, including a ton of photographs.
Peter George, Petersham, MA, USA, with tufa in his garden for over 13 years -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 6:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Alpine-l Digest, Vol 8, Issue 8 Send Alpine-l mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Alpine-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Another question about tufa (Ed Glover) 2. Re: Another question about tufa (Jan & Dave Dobak) 3. Re: Another question about tufa (Jane McGary) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:54:55 -0500 From: Ed Glover <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Another question about tufa To: "Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society; postings copyright by authors." <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Jane, The Wisconsin-Illinois Chapter of NARGS has organized a couple shipments of tufa from Rocky Mt. Tufa in B.C. and I have placed a few tons of it in Allen Centennial Gardens on the University of Wisconsin campus. Part of the fun of building the gardens with this material is figuring out how to showcase some of the beautiful rock faces. Unless the tufa is very soft, it should weather just fine. We have had rocks with features similar to what you describe in the garden for 3 or 4 years and they have survived the snow & ice of our winters just fine. Eventually, the color of the tufa will weather to a dark gray, which is good for us as it then matches the native limestone which is the backbone of the garden. Ed Glover Mount Horeb, WI USA On 7/7/2011 7:42 PM, Jane McGary wrote: > A few pieces of the tufa I just bought have beautiful portions > resembling arrays of tiny stalactites (of course, they were made the > same way). How likely is it that these features will survive once > exposed to weathering? If they will, I'd like to place the rocks to > show off the interesting textures. > > Jane McGary > Portland, Oregon, USA > > _______________________________________________ > Alpine-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 10:13:39 -0700 From: "Jan & Dave Dobak" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Another question about tufa To: "'Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society; postings copyright by authors.'" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <000301cc3d92$61f49440$25ddbcc0$@com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Ed, Would you post some photos of the rockwork to AlpenPix Gallery? Thanks, Dave Dobak Portland, Oregon, USA > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:alpine-l- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Glover > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 9:55 AM > To: Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society; > postings copyright by authors. > Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Another question about tufa > > Jane, > > The Wisconsin-Illinois Chapter of NARGS has organized a > couple shipments > of tufa from Rocky Mt. Tufa in B.C. and I have placed a > few tons of it > in Allen Centennial Gardens on the University of > Wisconsin campus. ... We have had rocks with features > similar to what you describe in the garden for 3 or 4 > years and they > have survived the snow & ice of our winters just fine. ... > > Ed Glover > Mount Horeb, WI USA > ... ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:30:25 -0700 From: Jane McGary <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Another question about tufa To: "Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society; postings copyright by authors." <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Ed Glover in Wisconsin wrote. in Allen Centennial Gardens on the University of Wisconsin campus. Part >of the fun of building the gardens with this material is figuring out >how to showcase some of the beautiful rock faces. Unless the tufa is >very soft, it should weather just fine. We have had rocks with features >similar to what you describe in the garden for 3 or 4 years and they >have survived the snow & ice of our winters just fine. That's good to hear. The rock will not experience temperature extremes as great here, although there is frost. Perhaps I'll try to place the special rocks under overhangs. I just unloaded one with a great hole in it that could hold something really good. I did find that although I ordered "12-24 inch" sizes, at the bottom of the first pallet are two bigger rocks that will be a challenge for me to move and place, even with a crowbar and a tree dolly. Right now I'm spreading the coarse sand that's the main ingredient of the fill into roughly the shape of the bed. Then I'll mix in the other ingredients (grit and a bit of loam), then build the vertical face with its overhanging cap, then place the rest of the tufa on the sloping side. Harvey Wrightman's chapter in "Rock Garden Design and Construction" is very helpful in showing this. I expect to work on this all summer so as not to overstress the anatomy -- wrists, shoulders, and knees no longer completely held together. ALl they have to do is hold out for this project, and should get me set up for a happy retirement fussing with the plants. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l End of Alpine-l Digest, Vol 8, Issue 8 ************************************** _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
