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 ...

My grandfather was a baker in Cincinnati in the very early 1900s. He and my grandmother owned and operated a neighborhood bakery in the Clifton Heights neighborhood just 400 feet from where I was born ...

When my grandfather retired from his career as a baker in Cincinnati, he decided to build an apartment building just down the street from his former workplace. He named it Valley View for its ...

WILTON — Weir Farm National Historic Site will host a two-day, hands-on stone wall workshop on Saturday, Oct. 18 and Sunday Oct. 19, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The workshop will be led by Master Craftsman ...

Stroll through the woods of New England and you’re bound to come across long stretches of stone walls. The historic walls function as more than a barrier. A geologist says they unite the region in a ...

Stone wall expert Roberton Thorson will lead a roundtable discussion, workshop, and public lecture in Little Compton, Rhode Island on July 2. Thorson advocates for the preservation of New England's ...

About 20 years ago, Carl Dill had a stone wall built on a piece of his 16-acre property. Fascinated with the work, he thought he could duplicate it himself. Fast forward to 2004 and the 65-year-old ...

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