NOTES ON BUILDING A DRY STONE RETAINING WALL

Stagger your seams. Vary sizes so that

large stones appear bolder. Resort to

the cold chisel only once all other

options exhausted. Stagger. Don't squander

your shims. You'll need them. So. Good drainage

is key. Stagger your seams. No such thing as too much

backfill. Stagger your. What's buried behind

matters as much as the face. Cultivate

a rustic, rough-finished ideal. Creeping

thyme will hide your mistakes. Stagger your

seams. The wall should lean back, ever so

subtly. If so, it will hold the hill's slow

surge a spell and come to stand for itself.