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How I make hollow fake rocks simply by digging a hole and filling the outer edges with concrete!

Paradise Builders - Planter Skool

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Learn a very unusual technique how to dig realistic looking rocks out of the ground on your own land. This creative technique of using concrete saves you time and money and no need to use styrofoam or cardboard as a form.

0:00 Introduction to hole casting
1:19 Preparing the mold and hole
2:21 Finalizing the hole shape
4:20 Mixing the concrete
7:12 Pouring the base layer
8:48 Casting the rock walls
11:30 Removing the finished rock

20 Comments

@buildingenjoyment Creator 1 year ago Pinned

Here is the super popular sand fill fake rock /planter video ! https://youtu.be/icI9ZAUO55s?si=BSGL4iXb0De3m6i3

@qwaurk985 4 months ago

The most important thing to remember in making fake rocks: don't lose your tamper.

@a.l.2735 1 year ago

Take some wirefence from a chicken coop, form as you like, take some cloth and dip it into watered down conctrete, than wrap it around the fence. Layer with some more conctrete and you have a nice big rock where you can hide stuff under. Got one of these at my gardenpond to cover the filterpumps and stuff.

@hissonshinegirl 1 year ago

I use paper Crete to make it lightweight for this grandma to maneuver by myself. I have used hypertufa mix ( 1) Portland cement, 2) Perlite, and 3) Peat moss.) but now I do it less expensive with shredded, soaked paper. . I use the ground as my mold for elephant leaf stepping stones as well.

@Stephen_Strange 2 hours ago

Can you make this BUT LIGHTWEIGHT?

@LoveForACountryHouse 2 months ago

You are the cleverest man I did ever see!

@geraldinematus 1 year ago

So awesome. I love your willingness to take imaginative leaps.

@craigdwillia 3 months ago

Awesome. Thanks

@macreato911 1 year ago

Great job!

@claudinebarnaby347 1 year ago

Great job👍

@puma55792 3 months ago

Excellent, my garden is going to look great after watching this,

@ticker6027 5 months ago

Super Cool!😎

@badass-umption 1 year ago

Just had your channel pop up last night, love it. I make concrete leaves for birdbaths, feeders, house decor etc. I add perlite to lighten, but not so much that it’s ever visible. We also make concrete stumps to set the leaves on. Your video on how to make the bark roller is going to come in handy!!
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge/ ideas!!!

@peterjurczyk61 8 months ago

Appreciate your tutorial I might have to try that that is awesome quite frankly I bet that is hard to detect drive into that with a yard tractor you probably wouldn't be much of a difference from the real thing...