May sound morbid...

 We have spent so much time lately looking for landscaping stones. Sure you can go to the local shops/soil companies and buy great rocks for $5 a pop, however spending a $100 to haul a load of  stones home is not our idea of fun. Craigslist, free cycle, and even driving around aimlessly hoping some wonderful person would simply offer us a pile of beautiful boulders ended fruitless.  Then we had an idea to check out a very apparent yet overlooked source. Every town has cemeteries, and every cemetery has headstones. We called the local headstone manufacturer and asked if they had broken pieces or production rejects they did not want. These guys were more than happy to let us haul away their unwanted waste. A little bit of time, some sledgehammer work, and lots of heavy lifting later we are well on our way to beautifully polished granite lined flower beds for free.