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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

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?
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> > --- 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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