Stone Walling
We're interested in putting in a stone wall so we can widen our driveway a little.
I like the rounded stones best, but these are nice too.
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You use such stones as you have, listener; where I grew up there were extensive dry stone walls made of the irregularly rounded volcanic bombs that littered the countryside; they were not as stable as the sort of dry stone walls in the photo above--which resemble walls that have lasted centuries in England.
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listener-- here [Click] are typical dry stone walls from the area where I grew up—except for the first photo. Just as in New England, the stones were gathered from the fields to enable cultivation; but since the ground doesn’t freeze, new ones don’t come to the surface every Spring.
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ReplyDeleteVery pretty stone walls over your way. We've decided to stay with an all-gray stone wall, as it will look more like it grew there. New England has centuries old stone walls all over the place. But our yard is sandy, not stoney. So we'll have to purchase some glacial rub.
Those old lava bombs typically have a lot of lichens on them. Very little in the way of layered metamorphic rocks out here; I notice them every once in a while in your photos, listener. I will see if I can find a photo of Mt. St. Helena, which I believe to be the source of those fence stones... Here’s a pretty good one. [Click] View is from the east, about 50 miles away. It is extinct, but there are still hot springs in the (very) general vicinity. Actually it isn't where I did most of my growing up, but where we moved after I completed tenth grade.
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