After moving to our new home a few years ago we ended up with tons of rocks, every time we planted anything... rocks, rocks and more rocks... Needless to say after watching this video I knew what to do lol. Thank you so much for showing this craft, now I have a little rock wall around our gravel patio. I wish it was as nice as this one in Cumbria but... lol! Cheers from Canada!

@balmesh

3 жыл бұрын

We had the same in Scotland where we lived for a time. But a neighbour got in a large rock crusher, and the thing produced gravel, which paid for the rock crusher!!!

@shewearswoolsocks2883

3 жыл бұрын

@@balmesh lol now that sounds like it worked out nicely! Cheers!

@shewearswoolsocks2883

3 жыл бұрын

@@balmesh hello! I have recently posted a video on my channel with a garden tour. About 3 minutes in you can see my little rock wall that you inspired. It"s not much but it might be good for a laugh! Cheers! and thank you!

with the quarantine i’ve started building rock walls in my yard. love it thanks for the knowledge.

@balmesh

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help. Enjoy!

Nice video Alan. Nice to see this and it's quite a work of art.

@balmesh

7 жыл бұрын

It is indeed, and very difficult to get right - I tried, once!

Thanks Tom, excellent example to work on it, is the shape and type of stone that I have on the hill. Greetings from Xalixco, blessings.

@balmesh

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, Joe.

That's an old kind of art! Nice :-)

@balmesh

7 жыл бұрын

As old as agriculture, Ben.

Great video

@balmesh

5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks.

Great Job there and Video Balmesh

@balmesh

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, Ally!

that is really really awsome i love the way thay do that an ancient ART wall with dry rocks or stone it looks lovely

@balmesh

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Colin.

@colinblackwell5059

7 жыл бұрын

no probs i love that how thay do the Ancient ART wall with dry stone walling it is awsome im likeing it :)

Different but interesting video great work

@balmesh

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Peter.

Respect!

@balmesh

4 жыл бұрын

Y es!!!

Good Video!

@balmesh

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sebi.

greetings from british columbia canada.... first vid i can relate to having done that kind of work..... my first solo job working for my boss was a small wall 3 feet high 2 feet wide and about 40 feet long ..contoured to the landscape ....day one 3 big dump trucks of rock ..said to my bosss thats a lot of rocks he said probably not eneough... i got it done ..one thing i found amazing was there would be an empty space in the wall and out of all those rocks i knew where to find it ...i lived in england for years..country drives and seeing miles and miles of dry stacked rocks talk about sweat work ....i go gold prospecting here in b.c. in some rivers there are dry stacked walls of rocks sometimes running for a mile ...made by chinese miners who would stack the rocks just to get them out of the way or in order to make wing dams to divert the river for mining anyways nice to see your hands on work.... mickey miner

@balmesh

7 жыл бұрын

I'm delighted that you found it interesting. I'd have stayed longer but it started raining . . .

@robs9574

6 жыл бұрын

I have some nice dry stacked walls on my claims as well. Not haphazardly stacked like we do today when mining. lol Heavy pans to ya

Proper dry stone walling 😎 it's the same where I am here in Cumbria, the stones aren't nice, flat and even like in a lot of the areas in Derbyshire and Yorkshire and elsewhere in the UK, just a random mix of random shaped and round'ish boulders back from when the land was cleared for fields. Many of the walls have been standing for centuries upon centuries, when one does get knocked down you almost always find interesting bits tucked away in the middle fill, no better way of spending a day than with a little stove for making tea and collapsed wall that needs rebuilding ❤️

@balmesh

Жыл бұрын

Very true - a man's job, lifetime's experience required!!

Nice work

@balmesh

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Messy work but it works somehow :) great!

@balmesh

2 жыл бұрын

It does! Thanks!

I could of watched that for another hour at least

@balmesh

7 жыл бұрын

You would have got wet! I went off when it started to rain - not good for cameras :)

I did a week's course about twenty years ago just for interest having patched a couple of holes previously. I'm a way off being a master stonemason but it's 1:9 theory: practice. I should just get practicing

@balmesh

4 жыл бұрын

I believe you! I tried when we were up in Scotland and it's not easy!!

Думал что у нас в Санкт Петербурге Россия проблемы с камнями. Оказывается их не так много. Мне не хватает этих камней чтобы поднять стену 50см. Нужно завозить с карьера. Спасибо, за Ваш труд.

@balmesh

Жыл бұрын

Here, the stones are thick enough to build a wall and have enough left over for another!

@MaFed191080

Жыл бұрын

@@balmesh У вас камни достаточно небольшие. У меня стена собрана из камней размером с колесо автомобиля. У нас таких больше в нашей местности. Переносить проблематичней, но укладывать легче. Они монолитней укладываются не сдвигаются в дальнейшем. Также сделал подпорную стенку у беседки и цоколь. Your stones are quite small. My wall is made of stones the size of a car wheel. We have more of them in our area. It is more problematic to transfer, but it is easier to stack. They fit more solidly and do not shift in the future. I also made a retaining wall at the gazebo and a basement.

Back made of steel

@balmesh

3 жыл бұрын

Haha - yes!

If more people would try this it would be a better world.

@balmesh

6 жыл бұрын

True . .

What happens when you lean against it

@balmesh

5 жыл бұрын

It bites you!

@MrChris7582

5 жыл бұрын

nothing its a rock wall. we have them all over new england where I live if built correctly they will last hundreds of years like many rock walls here do.

@allythescot

4 жыл бұрын

@@balmesh lol

what is the wall for

@ginger8383

5 жыл бұрын

It's for storing rocks from the field

@allythescot

4 жыл бұрын

@@ginger8383 its Purpose is to keep farm animals enclosed

About 2.5 minutes with Tom

@balmesh

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! The video covered 10 minutes, you get to see 2.5 minutes of it (free!!)

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@claudioalvesmesquitakaue7009

2 жыл бұрын

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@balmesh

2 жыл бұрын

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No bullshit, no girlfriend in hot pants, no hipster wankery. Thanks mate.

@balmesh

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

развалиться!

@balmesh

4 жыл бұрын

Possible