My wife and I moved to NE Indiana back in the spring and purchased a place in the country North of Ft. Wayne. The previous owner had bought alot of various size rocks and had alot of ideas but never played on any of them for unknown reasons. The property had rocks hiding everywhere on the 5 acres with an overgrown pond and a field in bad need of clearing. The pond at one time was bordered with rocks that were now off in the water. Weeds and grass had overtaken the banks. The one acre around the house has a nice thick lawn and the landscape beds were not in too bad of shape. After mowing the field, cleaning the fence line, and clearing around the pond, we did some rock moving. The wife tackled the hard one. She removed all the large rocks out of the pond that had slid into the water. They're now placed on the level ground around the pond where weeds had been for years. I scooped up enough of the large rocks too build a burn pit on the shallow end of the pond. Some old cross ties were left stacked near the second drive that are now benches around the burn pit. The wife found the house and saw the great potential the property had. It has been real fun watching the place transform into what it is now. We plan on adding a beach area and wood deck next Spring to finish off the pond area. Here's some pics of the rocks around the pond and the rock fire pit with benches. The cool thing about this whole project was the cost. Nothing but a little hard work.
