Around here, Colonial Gray dry stack wall stone is commonly used and runs between $200 and $300 per pallet (A pallet weighs in at around 1½ tons and holds between 25 and 27 cubic feet).

Stone retaining walls add elegance to your lawn while stabilizing sloped terrain. If you're worried about the cost, here's ...

On the other hand, for a retaining wall over 3 feet tall, he is always going to recommend a concrete block core, complete with drain pipes, itself a far cry from our ancestors' dry stack walls ...

The base of the wall as well as the interior face of the wall should have integrated drainage mechanisms to transport water away from the wall. For shorter, dry stack, walls like the popular ...

Anyone with a strong back can stack up a bunch of blocks and build a pretty retaining wall. But it takes skill and planning ...

Something there is that doesn't love a wall,That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,And spills the upper boulders in the sun;And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. A look at the state of ...

One easy, low-maintenance style of outdoor wall is a dry-stacked stone wall, which requires little more than a collection of stones in different sizes and shapes. Here are some abbreviated ...

Are you looking for a winter project that will add a sense of solidity and style to your garden, while solving landscape problems at the same time? Consider building a stone wall to level a slope ...

A dry basement is superb. A basement that leaks is anything but! To keep the basement of your new house dry, several important design elements need to be included in the exterior drainage and gradi… ...

Dry Stack Walls: A Disappearing Piece of American History - 2002-03-05 October 30, 2009 11:13 AM update October 30, 2009 11:14 AM Share ...