The rights and wrongs of retaining…
I continue to be amazed at how retaining walls are spec’d out in modern day landscaping. On my drives I go out of my way to get out of the car and get up close and examine modern retaining walls. Often they are built out of a concrete product and very often are...
Saugeen!!
There have been talks of late and a working group put together with the aim of trying to get the Saugeen Stone Amphitheater Repair/Training Program restarted! This time around there are real efforts to get the community involved as much as possible, along with the...
Hockley Highlands
We are finally beginning our Hockley Highlands project. We had a rough winter with a tent failure which was very dissapointing but with the onset of spring we are there ready to roll! It’s a mix of granite and sandstone which is rare. The first couple of days...
Kettleby Finished for Now
Our Kettleby project is completed for now. The carpenters now have to make their finishing touches! We’ll be back this spring to continue work on the landscaping around the property as well as the herringbone edging inside the stable. It was a long hard winter,...
A Busy Winter!!
My Crew and I have been busy in the Newmarket area the past few months working on some veneer projects. Its a terrific stone that we are using from Pennsylvania with some great mixes of colours. This is the first building on the site with a few more to go!!
Dry Stone Amphitheatre
As a quick update on the Saugeen Amphitheater program…. after some tremendous successes with the men and their training, it has sadly come to an end. For a number of reasons the amphitheater sits in ruins, pulled apart and lifeless. I have great hope that the men can...
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