My introduction to building a stone wall, like beginnings in so many homesteading skills, came unexpectedly, urgently, and at the wrong time. It was a rare clear morning during a rainy spring in ...

Like the name suggests, stackable retaining walls are made ... stone, or even wood. If you decide to branch out, research the ideal material based on your climate, soil type, and your own building ...

Mike Minto has been building and repairing stone walls for about 20 years ... It's not just a wall. Somebody made it, some living, breathing person who cares about his breakfast and the fate ...

"Dry-stone" refers to a wall that is made only of stacked stones without any mortar between them. The HEAP excavator thoroughly assessed each and every boulder HEAP proceeded to build such a wall ...

The goal? To build a 20 foot (6 meter) and 213 ft (65 m) long dry-stone wall as part of a park where the landscape was digitally planned, and the earth autonomously excavated. The coolest thing ...

A wall made of concrete can be engineered mathematically ... told me that “when you’re building a stone wall, you become part of the environment. Brown hares will just come up and stop and ...

Some are made with mortar and others ... Participants will learn what they need to know to build their own dry stone wall. But additional training is needed to be certified through The Trust.

Ignoring the Derry, New Hampshire, historic white clapboard house and barn, I walked in the opposite direction to examine the most famous stone wall ... double wall made mostly of well-fitted ...