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Drystack Garden Wall
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Revisiting a garden in which I have worked over the years is always rewarding.  Stone steps are gradually welcomed by creeping plants and the fronds of nearby bushes.  Crevices in…

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Stone Stairs
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These stairs have been in place for a few years, and are looking more and more naturalized with the growing of various plants between them.

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Drystack Stone Steps
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A small set of steps leads to a different section of the garden from the greenhouse, giving more usability to the sloped terrain of the property.

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Stone Garden Wall
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A drystack retaining wall in this garden is built with local sandstone and has a set of stairs at one end leading to a water collection system.

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Drystack Stone Steps
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A set of drystack stone steps leads up to the site of a future greenhouse.

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Drystack stone retaining wall
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prepping for drystack stone retaining wall This was a fun project building a short retaining wall for wonderful new cabin on South Pender Island.  I used all local sandstone, which…

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Stone bench in drystack wall
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Here is a very comfortable stone bench that I built into a drystack wall.  It is at the end of the stone patio beside the new greenhouse.  Made with local…

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Drystack stonework detail
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In this photo you can really see the care taken in dry stack stonework.  Each stone is fitted tightly, with small stones for chinking.

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Drystack stone bench
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Here is a close up of the dry stack stone bench beside the greenhouse.  Again you can see how well fit each stone is, and how the weight is always…

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