Outdoor Guide on MSN

Tips For Building A Stone Retaining Wall In Your Garden On A Budget

Before you start building a stone retaining wall, it's important to assess your garden's landscape and determine where the ...
Popular Mechanics

How To Build a Stone Wall That's Stylish and Functional

POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...
Seattle Times

Ask the Builder: Tips for building a small retaining wall

Last week I wrote about my recent trip to Southern California. I was fortunate to spend time with a dear friend and his wife. I don’t know that I’ve ever met a person who’s more in love with a home ...
Wallpaper*

Tempted to try building with stone? This project will convince you of its merits

Welcome to the Future Observatory's The Stone Demonstrator, a project conceived to show off the material's strong points, now ...
The Atlantic

The Simple, Ancient Idea That Can Replace Concrete Walls

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. A dry stone wall is a purposeful pile of rocks, held in place by friction and gravity rather than mortar. It’s one of the oldest building methods known to ...
Concord Monitor

Loudon Historical Society hosts lecture on stone walls

The Loudon Historical Society is sponsoring a program titled Discovering New England Stone Walls presented by Kevin Gardner. The program is scheduled for May 15 at 6:30 p.m. The program, free and open ...
WMUR

New Hampshire Chronicle: How stone walls connect us to our past

STTE KEVIN GARDNER EXPLAINS HOW EACHTO SNE CONNECTS US TO THE PAST. ♪ THE GREAT AMERICAN POET ROBERT FROST WROTE, "GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS." IF TRUE, FOLKS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE SHOULD GET ALONG ...