AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Byline: Kathryn McKenzie Nichols
CARMEL VALLEY, Calif. _ In most ways, Bill Ingram's rocks are just like the real thing.
They last forever _ or at least as long as actual stone _ and you can climb them, kick them, jump up and down on them, if you like, without worrying about damage.
But the best thing about them, said the Carmel Valley plastering contractor who makes them, is that they just fade into the background.
And that's exactly what they're meant to do.
"They blend with the rest of the garden," said Ingram, owner of Carmel Plastering and a resident of Cachagua. "They don't catch your eye. You accept the fact that it's a ...