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 ...

Before you start building a stone retaining wall, it's important to assess your garden's landscape and determine where the wall will be most effective. Take note of any slopes, erosion-prone areas ...

Failing infrastructure paired with rising sea levels has led to water pouring over the old seawall twice a day, every day, ...

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 ...

The wall cannot be prefabricated ... If they were able to break up a very large stone into building block size and keep a record of the original sequence of breakage and then reconstitute that ...

In the image below, the Glossy setting is not ideal as we can see a clear reflection of the adjacent pool and concrete wall. The stone is not reflective however, it did darken up the mortar joints.