She Likes Big Rocks! And she can not lie

[@oscar3197]

Hi Mike and Melissa, great to see and hear the ongoing works to the land especially the new stone wall. We did a something similar in our garden. Having to excavate a lot of earth from around the back of the house, we had approximately 150 cubic yards of earth, stone etc. Due to the costs of removing same from site it was dumped down the length of our garden. Anyway the dumped earth was maybe 75/80 feet long, 10/15 feet across the base and maybe 5/6 feet high. I was continually strimming and cutting whatever grew on the mound so I, like you, covered the mound with sheeting and using any large stones we found from the garden but mainly what I scavenged from the local council/ state dumping site manage to cover the sides of the mound with stone and infilled with small gravel like pea shingle. It was well worth the effort , a labour of love and necessity, no more mowing , weeding etc. Again due to costs we, my wife and me, did all the works by hand. Your stone bank will be worth the costs and effort. Well done to you both.

[@jellybelly7816]

Great landscaping project. Add a few creeping phlox in there and you’ll have a beautiful spring flower mat that turns green during the summer…. No more run off erosion problems . Nice to see your not partial to just 2A limestone. If you get in a pinch I guess you can take that thumb and do a little crushing on those boulders and turn them to 2A…. Keep up the great work

[@stevehennessy3588]

As a teenager, I helped my grandfather build a rock retaining wall - BY HAND - you made it look so much easier! We used rounder more colorful rocks, hand placed with moss in-between the rocks to hold them in place. Hard work but in the end, it was beautiful! Rock on!

[@michaelellinghouse2812]

Great choice! Way better than a run of the mill retaining wall. You could also rock crawl it with the Jeep and the Bronco(?).

[@JohnSmith-tv5ep]

Might be a plan in the making! Could write off the stone as 'advertising' on the taxes!

[@daveeyerly7262]

Nice work with the Kubota Mike. I see numerous channels where guys are running excavators and you are definitely the smoothest operator. Your control looks like it’s running itself. The limestone wall was a good decision. It looks awesome!!! Dave from Mansfield, OH

[@jeffclarke4720]

I like watching Melissa’s face when she is listening and trying to act interested in what Mike explains when working on stuff

[@rickmervine9952]

Now that looks good, Mike. For the top edge of the goetextile fabric, consider burying that top edge down on the dirt about 6 inches or so at the rock edge so you don't get erosion underneath the fabris over time. Just kind of turn it under. Small Kabota tractor bucket should do the trick. This rock wall nails it!

[@PabloP169]

There were more larger chunks in that scrap pile than I thought there would be! And to think that when I (helped) build a house using granite rock we hand-carried and set all the rock pieces in place, using mortar to bed each rock in place. We had to handpick each rock to fit a spot or break them to make them fit. That took us months but looked good when done. Limestone will break down very slowly, but granite is there forever.

[@rexwoodall2179]

Mike and Melissa, this latest project really ROCKS! It looks great and it finishes this area so neatly. Mike, it’s amazing how the product of one project can improve another area like the driveway! Keep up the good work!

[@danwilliams4877]

I was really expecting to hear you exclaim "Yaba-daba-do" when doing this video :-) Thanks Morgans, another entertaining video.

[@marcuswhite3628]

Lol!!! Great!!!

[@rogerbamatutz1927]

I think that the natural look of that stone is better than the fancy molded stuff.

[@clublon]

During the depression my grandfather, Martin Erickson was a stone mason building stone walls by hand that still stand today. He carved his initials on the wall located at the public park in Little Falls, Minnesota. Perhaps you could do the same on one of the big base rocks. Something for your future generations to find.

[@keithburch5506]

Hey Mike, the rock looks great! Wow, I don't know what kind of rock was going there but the R6 limestone is definitely a winner! 470 million year old rock will surely hold the earth in place there as long as Morgans are there and then some! So now that you've saved 4, 5k it is time for improving the excavator w some new attachments! I'm waiting to see Ty's expression when he sees all that rock! Yes, I enjoyed the taco dip preparing and Eva's friends. Always good stuff on KZbin, brought to us by the Morgan clan! Like the shallow ditch you made for the foundation of the rock rention wall, y'all have made a solid foundation in the #1 spot on my favorites list! Good and solid, no chance of slipping down! Gosh, this was good, and so much more to look forward to!👍🚜❤

[@vanmiles6979]

And she can not lie! You other rockers can’t deny! Who gets it????

[@mojo6524]

you get sprung!

[@tommyordoyne7461]

Nice job. That will be nice living quarters for little critters including snakes. Have a productive day.

[@HallnoutMhall]

Good evening Morgans & friends. Place is really shaping up Mike. Great job. Hope everyone has a great weekend. Be safe and we'll see you all down the road......

[@badcat4707]

Good morning friend :-) i saw the notification late last night ( hours after it posted ) and figured I'd save the watch til this morning to have with coffee as usual ;-) also as usual "Happy Caturday" lol ;-)

[@HallnoutMhall]

@@badcat4707 Good morning my friend. Happy Caturday to you also! That was a great plan! Have a great weekend

[@markeggenberger4984]

Looks great, Mike! My wife would love it. She is a real rock hound.

[@davedavis662]

Love the look of rock walls, watch out snakes love hiding under and around stone piles. Rodents always seem to take advantage of them and the snakes will follow. Also love to den in them if they can go deep enough. Seen sand filled and vibrated in to limit their hiding spots. Looks nice though.

[@passionfruitestate9691]

That's what I'm thinking. Should get some good size rat snakes living in there. Nice job Mike !

[@edgarkeck3010]

This takes getting stoned and rocking out to a whole new level! Great choice for the wall.

[@simonmartin9067]

Watching Mike run that excavator is like listening to your favourite song. You make is so smooth and yet controlled. Thanks as always for sharing what you do. Cheers from Canada!

[@uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759]

Have you seen "Hedblom" using his Integrated Grab on his Kubota KX057-4 with Engcon tiltrotator placing stones and watch all sides of them first, Mike? It take a little bit more time! ;D

[@noremac510]

Amazing to watch you so delicately place those rocks one-by-one. It looks great.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Looks great Mike, that’s going to be awesome when you get it finished. Should be easy to trim and mow around and keep it looking good. Thanks for sharing with us . Fred. You all stay safe and keep healthy, some extra vitamin C and get rid of the junk. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👋👋

[@davidbishop4015]

Great video Mike. Looks good. It's a more natural look, rather than something man made.

[@kevinhall3443]

Really a fan of limestone of all sizes. Especially for banks like yours. Looks great, labor saver, cheaper and stays put!

[@HOBrian2003]

Mike, we need to talk!! Next time you get a load of big rock, you must drive the Jeep over it!!! Don’t make me leave this channel! I won’t leave, but I’ll be a little upset! Lol

[@wildbill23c]

Instead of a flail mower or forestry mulcher, how about another tractor LOL...See if Kubota will bring you out a B-Series to go with your BX HAHA!! Surprised with your property that you have a BX, figured you'd have them bring you out a B-series at a minimum given you have much larger spaces...then again maybe the BX is better since you do mow with it. Rock wall looks good, but it'll get full of weeds, critters, leaves, pretty much everything LOL. I find it interesting how well you run that excavator and BX. I'm still very new to my BX, and being my first tractor, its quite the learning curve. Ok, how far down is the bucket, nope not on the ground, oops too deep, better put that pile of grass back that I just dug up LOL. Yep I've torn up more than I've fixed so far HAHA!! I'm getting somewhat better with the box blade though, and using the loader bucket for back dragging...but for loader work going into piles of dirt, rock, etc. still trying to get that process down. Seems maybe I should have got the bucket level indicator rod...the little black and white bucket level sticker on the corner of the loader bucket really doesn't do anything to help me. Took the loader off the tractor this morning to do some work in a spot that was a bit wet, figured the less weight on the tractor the better off I'd be....did that and graded the driveway...putting the loader back on this time seemed like more of a pain than the previous time I had removed it. Not sure exactly what the trouble was because I took the loader off in the same spot on my carport that I did the last time. This time it seemed like the right side of the loader didn't want to drop back into the J-Bracket...finally got the thing back on but man what a pain...couldn't imagine what would happen if I was dumb enough to try and take it off in the driveway or out in the yard somewhere, I'd probably never get it back on.

[@luisrodriquez6358]

Mike I like it how the big rocks look so natural in stead of a block wall, which would probably not look as nice. You make it look so easy, like Ty picking up the little rocks with his small hands and putting them in his truck the other day.

[@bradleymcclintock7771]

Mike the Rock Man it really looks great and like you said fill in the rest with the smaller rock's it will be nice 👍. I can't believe that you're phone is not ringing off the wall with people wanting you to do work for them especially with all the videos you do !!!!!!!

[@edaker4684]

The snakes are gonna love living in those rocks! 😉

[@randyg.9566]

Love rocks! Living on the Canadian Shield in Northern Minnesota I have nothing but rocks, big ones and huge ones!

[@1Mellie65]

Welp, I couldn’t help but continue that header with ..”and I cannot lie”. That looks great. Wish we would have done that instead of the deadman retaining wall.

[@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans]

Changed the title! I like that

[@1Mellie65]

@@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans 😁😆 Awesome!

[@marcuswhite3628]

@@1Mellie65 hope you realize how special that is… I can’t say I have seen ALL OWTMs but I know I’ve seen most & every single one in the last couple of years and I have never seen it done before… ❗️❗️❗️CONGRATS❗️❗️❗️

[@1Mellie65]

@@marcuswhite3628 Oh my stars, I was surprised! Sure made me smile pretty big and I read it to my husband too! Pretty dang special. That song was stuck in my head too for a little bit.

[@marklengal9990]

Oh my. We had some bad storms hit around 7:30 today. Loud rolling thunder and lightning. York pa. Love the stone. We built a huge wall a few years ago with local field stone. Luckily it was free from the farmers.

[@davidmorse8432]

Now that you have the rock placed in there, get someone to shotcrete the spaces in between like they do at Disney. Ty will have a lot of fun climbing on the rocks.

[@badcat4707]

Good morning friend ;-) Happy Caturday :-)

[@davidmorse8432]

@@badcat4707 Good Morning !

[@kb1422]

That looks great, much more fitting than a retaining wall in that spot imo. As others have said though, hope you don’t have a lot of snakes around. If you put your pool up top you will have created a snake paradise, water to cool off in and rocks to sun on lol…

[@jeffselchow5719]

I think this is much more akin to what OWTM is all about, rather than an engineered block wall. Well Done Mike.

[@tomphillips8565]

You are a very good operator of all your equipment. I always enjoy watching your accurate operator skills. Keep these videos coming!

[@theenginehousegarage1485]

The stone looks great! I have a similar need at our place, and I couldn't believe the pricing of the precast block wall retaining walls! Looks like I'll need a couple of loads of that good New England Granite to do the job... Nice Work!

[@rodborn1147]

Hey Mike. Don't want to pass on the bad news. But, I saw your Bronco today. It is. Sitting at the Fird dealership here in Texas with the doors off and the soft bimini top on it. It is a really nice red one so I took a photo if you want to see your Bronco. Lol

[@joemcgarry6915]

A few years ago I worked in Gujarat India, looking at you laying out the rock reminded me of the same thing on an abutment to our jetty project which spread out about 200 metres either side of the jetty, only thing was that all the stone including the big stones were laid in place by an army of local WOMEN by hand. The job they did was straight and level with each rock place to fit.

[@dannybickerdike6121]

Would like to see a collaboration video with Greg Wittstock - The Pond Guy for an Aquascapes swimming pond with some really big rocks around it. It would be really epic to watch lol.

[@arth4570]

That's going to turn out really nice, I was thinking pebble rocks to pour in between the cracks of the bigger rocks before putting the other rocks over the bigger ones. But the driveway rocks on the side should do the trick.

[@hookdwell]

The “rip rap” wall looks awesome You have mad skills on the machines…looking good!!!

[@LaddGardner4]

So cool to use native limestone around your place, Mike. Good call.

[@skipperwayne]

Hey Mike, that pile looks like about what I got out of my vegetable garden the first year. Oh, by the way, I live in New Hampshire, the Granite State. ;^)

[@richardbrowne1679]

The rock wall is looking really good 👍.

[@leswebb311]

Looks like a good place for snakes and bees

[@commonsenserules7995]

The stone embankment will look very nice when finished. Reminds me of lake shore rock.

[@lhr1701]

Good morning Mike Fred Flintstone would be proud of that wall . And be careful rubber tracks even tires are damaged easily with those big rocks .

[@toddgibbs1321]

I think you will be happier with the forestry mulched on that. I have a pto flail mower on my tractor and they have some limitations that the mulched doesn’t. Once you mulch, you will be able to maintain most spots with the other mower you have.

[@michaelcato9255]

I like the rocks better than a block wall. It's more flexible if you want to change the look and you can recycle the rocks. Get some wild flowers growing between the rocks.

[@TheCalWillden]

"Hopefully, I have enough rock." LOL, Mike NEVER has enough rock!

[@billmorris2613]

Yea, you are right. That is why I think Mike will eventually start doing work for others. He will have enough equipment once he buys the dump truck and a trailer big enough to haul the equipment to the job site. A good friend of mine started with a little 6 yard bob tail dump truck a few decades ago. The business grew to be a large dump truck and dozer service. Then he started hauling heavy equipment for a Cat dealer.

[@marcuswhite3628]

Holy Kramoley!!! Almost 7K views before I get here… You are obviously experimenting with a change of video load times… I vote for 8am but after I retire it won’t matter - as long as you are consistent. Marcus from Chesapeake VA.

[@badcat4707]

Good morning Marcus :-) this one got posted late yesterday afternoon ? I prefer the 8am ones also , figured I'd save the watch til this morning to have with coffee / Happy Caturday :-)

[@marcuswhite3628]

@@badcat4707 Good morning back to you BadCat! I did the exact same thing - got a notification or simply noticed a new OWTM & decided to wait until this a.m. to watch it. Got a tip for you. I have been lamenting over jalapeños bought at the store with NO heat. Planted some of my own & they are super hot. Just put 2 slices in my black coffee and I have found a new love 💗.

[@edwardkenny2356]

Working for the county parks, open space, we used Fecon flail cutting heads on 2 Bobcats and 1 John Deere full size excavator. They worked very well knocking down pretty much anything in its way, but remember, the cut is very rough.

[@chrisreibold1634]

Looks like a great R/C rock crawling course!!

[@thomasstrout1738]

I have been building hundreds of feet of rock walls on my property for the past several years with my excavator. I did not have to buy any rocks. That is going to look great and will not erode. Nice choice. My wife loves rocks.

[@clarencetrice4442]

HI MIKE you should put a drain pipe in the edge of the drive way 😉😜😀😎 put under ground that way every time it 👍😀😉 rains it's not washing gravel down the drive way I think 😀😉👍 that would be the better way to go OMG 3 12 2022

[@cwolf8841]

Looks great. Good solution. You'll still get stuff growing in the crevices. Just have to spray it or flame it. :)

[@LostInThe0zone]

I think your idea of building a ditch along side the drive and filling with that stone will work well. It will capture any 2A running down the drive and keep you from losing it.

[@tedmorrison8632]

That's gonna make a good looking stone retention wall.

[@russellbowman8051]

Mike the Rock Containment looks Great!! Hopefully your doing better with that little cold!! 👍👊

[@conkl2]

Do you have many snakes in your area? If you do you may have just made them a resort! But it does look good.

[@pacificnorthwest9416]

Mike This retainment method looks excellent! Personally I like this way more than the work you did on the driveway side of the building. Have a day!

[@marcuswhite3628]

I hope Mike reads this again & it triggers a “re-do” - great idea & suggestion - hopefully pride doesn’t get in the way…

[@williamowen6060]

Looks awesome! Great job! And just something to be aware of and to keep an eye out for going forward - snakes love rock piles....

[@michaelengler5165]

I like playing with rock walls too but by hand built one one summer...looks great👍

[@patrickhathaway6178]

Just admire the way Mike uses the excavator as a third arm and hand…

[@JohnWilson-ql8ks]

I have thought that for some time now...

[@buddyreed2623]

I am glad you made this choice for the retaining wall. I was not going to suggest what you should do because it is your wall.

[@marciam6224]

I'm with you Mike on fall. It's my favorite season too with winter a close 2nd. I can't take the heat and "humisery" of summer and spring is just too wet. Today the temp is only 72* and the humisery is down to just under 50%,

[@Mounty621]

I love that rock retainer. As usual, beautiful, skillful work, Mike!

[@paulneuman2303]

That looks fantastic. Great choice, you did good.

[@007twm]

That wall is looking good so far. Thanks for sharing.

[@als8326]

The quarries in Vermont will put some fines in the bottom before they dump big stuff in nice dump trailers or dump trucks the find kind of cushion the blow till you get part of a load and I do think the rocks stacked neatly is a good luck 👍

[@TheHobbyShop1]

Pretty nice looking rock wall. I would have never thought of that. Great idea!

[@americasdream1265]

We have similar limestone if not the same limestone as Pa has Mike here in southern Indiana. Many of the Limestone buildings in Washington D.C. and New York City was mined near Bloomington Indiana. The stone quarry's make great Bass fishing and the limestone is a valuable form of fertilizer to balance the PH levels in soil

[@roncorbin1500]

Mike , The stone wall I think looks Great.

[@bobcummins6448]

Hi Mike.... About your rock wall. I did practically the same thing a while back. It did what I wanted it to which was to end the endless chore of weed eating on the bank. But within 2 months it became infested with SNAKES!! The loved to lay out on the rocks sunning themselves. Needless to say it was all torn out and now I just use spray on the bank.

[@jasonmckee5030]

I put down some limestone rip rap like that on my place here in NW Alabama. I love the color of sandstone rock but like you said, it won't last near as long as limestone and around here, sandstone rock is higher than limestone. But what I did was sprayed it with rock/concrete dye that I got at Lowes. It looks awesome! My house has brown brick and Western cedar gables and trim so the stained limestone matched. Good video! I enjoy all of your videos. 👍🙋

[@Buie144]

That driveway would look great with a Scout seating in it

[@kingwood4357]

The retaining stone wall really looks nice but I wonder if Pennsylvania will run out of limestone before you finish all of your projects. Good Job

[@JohnSmith-tv5ep]

He could always go back as a 'Blaster' and make more! Lol

[@barryd.thomassr.9156]

Use some Rock to make a Waterfall / Water feature at the End or Corner of the "New Pool" Stacking rocks and pipe work should be a No Brainer for YOU! Rocks look Good!

[@DanKlein_1]

I guess it is cheaper than having to mulch every year. It's growing on me. PS love the idea of a forestry chopper to work on the trails and woods. Would do away from having to cut back the trails every year. I would love to see one of those working on my arch nemesis, the multi-flora rose bush.

[@robertrousseau5264]

Mike it looks great no forget everybody that's on you to we'll see that wall and I think it looks great and I think you're idea putting trip Rock town there by the driveway is a good idea to metal keep that from ripping out all the time okay this is Bob from Vero Beach Florida God bless and have a great day

[@singleshot2218]

The only thing your missing..is Fred Flintstones voice..”Yabba Danba Doooo” as he slides down that dinosaurs tail! Looking good Mike!🙏🎚🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾

[@steveashworth6707]

No offense Mike I like fall but I hate winter, lololo!. Wow i cant believe how much Rip Rap is in pa., I did check on 2x4×8' s here and they've dropped to 3.70 for descent ones!. That stone is perfect for that area. Good job!. Morgans have a day!.

[@bobpurs]

Looks good. Come on Fall☃️

[@bryanblood7063]

Those wrist on excavators are cool but for you the thumb is the altimate attachment. I've saving up for a thumb for my old ford backhoe I dont want the one that is welded to the arm and grab stuff with the curl of the bucket.

[@gloriarobinson6107]

My husband also built walls similar when building bridges. He had to do it by hand. Good job!

[@Zoetropeification]

Mike and his excavator need to stop by my place. I have about 450 feet of creek bank along the side yard that needs this treatment. Would only be a few hundred miles round trip for Mike to stop over and help me out ;-)

[@jlyn9047]

Mike , it looks great but do you think it might become a snake pit ? Good job .

[@wallacesmith865]

Is anyone gonna be surprised when Mike figures out a way to cut his grass with the excavator??

[@JohnSmith-tv5ep]

He keeps ' planting rocks' he won't HAVE any grass to mow! Lol

[@erkeltree]

Mike I think ROCK is your bacon, you can't get enough of it, The Rock project looks great and it is more natural looking than a concrete wall. Plus it will not frost heave and screw up the works.

[@michaelboyd9433]

Did anyone else see the rock with a face on it 17.46 minutes in the lower left corner of the screen

[@larryjepeal4409]

yes, I went back. I do not know how you saw that.

[@philsmock4943]

When you said you were going to put up a concrete wall there I thought to myself...don't judge until you see how it looks. I have confidence that Mike Morgan will make what ever he does look good before he is done with it. When you said no wall but big (I mean huge) rocks instead. Yeah, that in my opinion will work so much better. It looks great so far. I big pile of huge rocks and an excavator with a thumb. Yeah, a little jealous here watching you have all the fun. So cool. Thanks for sharing and I hope your cold goes away soon.

[@mikeelwood8626]

Looks substantial! Good job!

[@davidj2874]

You other Morgan’s can’t deny 😁

[@lewissmith3616]

I wish we had your limestone. Ours falls apart with weather.

[@philipellis1865]

Yep that looks like the wall up at the other end of building 👍

[@mikecole658]

This was Ty's video. From the camera work to the rock placement, I could see him all over it....

[@PetersonFarmsofNashvillePFON]

You guys Rock ! Love the look Thanks for sharing

[@Stephen-J-in-IA]

That proves it Mike... you rock!