Many years ago, when I was young and foolish, I decided to build an 80-foot long terrace for fruit trees, and to edge it with a nice fieldstone retaining wall, using stones I could find on my property ...

WESTPORT — When he looks at an old stone wall, geology professor Robert Thorson sees so much more than a pile of broken rocks stacked a certain way. He sees more than a long-term sturdy fence to keep ...

Stone walls have purpose, personality and permanence. Historically, their purpose was to contain livestock, define boundaries and serve as convenient storage for the many rocks removed from fields to ...

EGREMONT -- Paul Montgomery has a knack -- and a bit of an obsession -- for building classic New England stone walls. Since March, the 61-year-old homeowner has strenuously and meticulously placed ...

When I was a kid living in southern New Hampshire, my family home was on the site of an abandoned farmstead consisting of massive stone foundations of quarried granite where dwellings once stood.

WEBVTT JC MONAHAN: IT IS A COMMON QUESTION, WHY WOULD ANYONE TAKE THE TROUBLE TO BUILD STONEWALL'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A FOREST? THE ANSWER IS THAT THESE WEREN'T ALWAYS WOODS. THEY WERE IN FACT, FARMERS ...

Growing demand for durable outdoor structures is increasing interest in retaining walls, stone walls, and other masonry ...

When old stone retaining walls crumble along narrow, winding roads threading through the , government officials often turn to stone mason Don Olmstead to make repairs. Olmstead, owner of Nature's Edge ...