tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post9144641035040138082..comments2024-03-28T05:56:52.754-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Good fences make.........The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-39682013346128423182010-08-20T07:15:07.459-07:002010-08-20T07:15:07.459-07:00That little beck is so pretty - hope the farmer me...That little beck is so pretty - hope the farmer mended his fence without trouble. Building and mending stone walls is a specialised skill - they are works of art to me.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-36414508332290141672010-08-20T01:08:56.199-07:002010-08-20T01:08:56.199-07:00Thanks for the comments. They made the farmer sm...Thanks for the comments. They made the farmer smile - so many of you fancy doing a bit of stone walling - he says it is sod's law that walls only fall down just before a strong East Wind, usually accompanied by driving rain or snow, begins to blow.<br />It plays havoc with hands, which can get literally red-raw in cold weather - and do remember stones are heavy before you find a stone walling class to join.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-30684345055657387872010-08-20T00:33:20.020-07:002010-08-20T00:33:20.020-07:00Those dry stone walls make me feel so homesick. I...Those dry stone walls make me feel so homesick. I love them. They make Yorkshire and Derbyshire what they are -- and other places too, I suppose but those two counties are in my past. I'll have to join Morning AJChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550420299395301062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-88130162234799934752010-08-19T21:41:49.887-07:002010-08-19T21:41:49.887-07:00Thank you for letting me BE there for a few moment...Thank you for letting me BE there for a few moments!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Warm Aloha from Waikiki :) <br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-88261368584081354202010-08-19T14:26:05.505-07:002010-08-19T14:26:05.505-07:00Good news re the owlets. I expect dry stone could ...Good news re the owlets. I expect dry stone could be quite therapeutic as long as there's no rush to finish it, and the weather is kind...Mistlethrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16051761614198488243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-37465132373645606242010-08-19T13:42:07.549-07:002010-08-19T13:42:07.549-07:00ahh weaver the work of a farmer is never ever done...ahh weaver the work of a farmer is never ever done is it! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-79539920113056164402010-08-19T12:42:08.441-07:002010-08-19T12:42:08.441-07:00I am still in love with our deer fence - it works!...I am still in love with our deer fence - it works! The Great Dane keeps an eye out for breeches in the line.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-13256771438972215522010-08-19T11:23:11.207-07:002010-08-19T11:23:11.207-07:00If I could be freed of all my other tasks I'd ...If I could be freed of all my other tasks I'd like to do a spot of drystone walling.<br />Lovely owlets!Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17421069895155350144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-1281511626318671162010-08-19T10:47:05.462-07:002010-08-19T10:47:05.462-07:00I love dry stone walls. They just mean "home&...I love dry stone walls. They just mean "home" to me. My dad used to make scale models of them (correctly constructed)and I still have one - complete with a five bar gate in the middle!<br />Thanks for these photos. I'm homesick now, though.MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-46045298369138215592010-08-19T10:07:11.426-07:002010-08-19T10:07:11.426-07:00Oh how I would love to have stone fences like thos...Oh how I would love to have stone fences like those to mend, knowing all the while that it must be a constant challenge.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-6355755932484543802010-08-19T09:58:45.784-07:002010-08-19T09:58:45.784-07:00Wonderful? Yes, it is exactly that.We should be fu...Wonderful? Yes, it is exactly that.We should be full of wonder when we look at nature.<br /><br />Ps. I would give my eye teeth to be taught dry stone walling.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-49383872006481355262010-08-19T08:49:48.034-07:002010-08-19T08:49:48.034-07:00Dry stone walling is an art, as Arija says and an ...Dry stone walling <i>is</i> an art, as Arija says and an expensive one too, I imagine, if one doesn't have the skill oneself. When we drive South through Langholm there's a huge new section of wall. Dread to think of the cost!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-69435090187005735142010-08-19T08:37:28.693-07:002010-08-19T08:37:28.693-07:00Lovely news about the Owls... in my area we have a...Lovely news about the Owls... in my area we have an Owl who sits on my roof top most of the year looking, I hope, for the pack-rats that are so destructive to eat !<br />Not so lovely news about all the stone walls repairing, they are beautiful though.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-51469466271799910422010-08-19T07:52:56.768-07:002010-08-19T07:52:56.768-07:00Drystone walling is rocket science. The wind and r...Drystone walling is rocket science. The wind and rain has to get through gaps otherwise the wall will blow down. That's why it's stronger than a brick wall. You try building a brick wall on top of Pen Y Ghent and see how long it'd last up there in a gale. I wouldn't give it a week never mind a month.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-68751009722757967092010-08-19T07:52:41.160-07:002010-08-19T07:52:41.160-07:00How exciting about the Owlets!How exciting about the Owlets!Caroline Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203454486693014969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-15973368515087345292010-08-19T07:40:22.062-07:002010-08-19T07:40:22.062-07:00With 500 acres and five road frontages as well as ...With 500 acres and five road frontages as well as all the internal fences it is Herculean task. I do not envy you your stone walling, that is an art in itself. We too have a couple and sheep who love climbing them are the main culprits.Arijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720793296992474762noreply@blogger.com