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  • From: bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: Sage Austin|Eureka!Design <eureka AT hctc.net>, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] stone fences
  • Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:15:18 -0800 (PST)

Sage, I don't know if this site will have anything helpful, but it is
interesting. This woman read the man's book and started out (alone) to build
a small stone house, and you can see the pictures. She carried her mortar in
coffee cans.

http://www.hollowtop.com/cls_html/stone_home.htm

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--- On Sat, 2/21/09, Sage Austin | Eureka! Design <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:


> We sure wish we could do something with our stones. They are
> round,
> tumbled by some catastrophic event after the Cretaceous sea
> formed them.
> I tried some small dry stacked walls and they all came
> tumbling down. I
> have seen them set in concrete, but haven't gotten that
> far. We just
> made friends with a retired stone mason, so perhaps he can
> give us some
> pointers.
>
> --Sage
> Way Out in Texas
>
> bobf wrote:
> > Ah, the catch -- children are expensive :-)
> >
> > Seriously, other than for show (and they are
> attractive), do people still construct and use stone fences
> for fencing in/out animals?
> >
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Lynn Wigglesworth
> <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> New England drystone fences are free. The stones
> are picked from the fields as they are plowed...there's
> where having lots of kids
> >>
> > comes in handy.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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