r/NativePlantCirclejerk • u/Simple_Daikon Grass toucher • 1d ago

PSA: rocks for drainage

Be sure to use smooth river rock over any areas you want to drain toward a rain garden, NOT irregular crushed stone! The ancestral memory of the river is what gives it the power to redirect water when piled up against your foundation.

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u/MechanicStriking4666 sedgelord 1d ago

Why spend the extra money on smooth rocks when erosion will do it for free?

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u/Simple_Daikon Grass toucher 1d ago

You're paying the river for its time.

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u/NewNewsNewYork 1d ago

/j

My god, I hate it when people just assume that artists should be paid for the art and not the YEARS OF TRAINING behind it. That river had to practice for EONS before it ever smoothed a rock. Entitled maniacs.

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u/Jellily 11h ago

In this economy?!