British Wildlife is the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Published eight times a year, British Wildlife bridges the gap between popular writing and scientific literature through a combination of long-form articles, regular columns and reports, book reviews and letters.
Conservation Land Management (CLM) is a quarterly magazine that is widely regarded as essential reading for all who are involved in land management for nature conservation, across the British Isles. CLM includes long-form articles, events listings, publication reviews, new product information and updates, reports of conferences and letters.
Building Stone Walls tells you all you need to know to build your own sturdy walls. Carefully detailed, clear drawings show the techniques to follow – and how to avoid problems.
Learn about:
- wall foundations
- basic “one-over-two” method
- chinking “in” or “out”
- height-to-width formula
using lower quality stone
- building retaining walls
- building in gates, fences, and stiles
- moving stone, boulders
Excellent example photos show good and poor walls, while the author's lively text tells you how to build, step-by-step. Slopes, drainage problems, using rubble – these challenges and more are thoroughly covered.
John Vivian, a veteran practitioner of many country crafts, is also author of A Manual of Practical Homesteading.
"John Vivian ’s instructions on ‘how to go out and build a really permanent monument to yourself’ are the next best thing to having a real old-time expert working alongside."
– Country Journal
"Especially good in that a wide variety of stones are utilized, not just flat ones."
– The Next Whole Earth Catalog