Some of the land we have cross fenced into alpaca pastures is littered with rocks..and I mean littered! We have used several different approaches to tackle this problem.

Firstly, the largest moss covered rocks were all hauled away by local landscape companies and we got a few hundred dollars which was a welcome windfall. I recommend this approach.

Secondly, we employed the local high school football team to move rocks they were raising money for a football trip to Japan at the time. This did not work very well the boys lacked motivation and did not want to get their hands dirty! Subsequently they went to Japan and lost, no surprises there! I do not recommend this approach.

Thirdly, we hauled them ourselves, ton after ton, until we ran out of places to put rocks. I do not recommend this approach.

My latest solution is to bury the worst pasture in new dirt. The dirt is delivered free of charge from local building sites and once we have enough we will use a blade to level everything out before seeding. Now it has come as quite a shock to discover just how much dirt you need to cover a field.... Our rocky field is about 4 acres which is over 19,000 square yards. If we spread the dirt 6 inches deep then we will need 3,227 cubic yards or about 500 truckloads...
With my latest approach, I recommend patience...lots of patience.

By Adrian Stewart