TIPS FOR BUILDING MEANT-TO-LAST DECORATIVE ROCK WALLS First, remember this is for a decorative wall only, not one built to retain a slope. 1.

Q: I was so impressed with New England's rock walls during a recent trip there. Do rock retaining walls really hold up over time? What are some of the best practices for building them? How do you ...

John Vivian’s book Building Stone Walls expands on the subject of this article and also discusses how to quarry rock and build stairs, stiles, gates, and retaining walls. Vivian is also the ...

Building a rock wall isn’t just about stacking stones on top of each other. It requires the right combination of materials, proper equipment, ...

Chico >> The rock walls that crisscross lands historically used for pasture have been in place for so long they may be easy to overlook. Once upon a time, those stones were painstakingly lugg… ...

Old rock walls, many dating to the 19th century, line roads and divide pasture land throughout the American mid-south states of Kentucky and Tennessee. But many of these stone structures, which ...