2014 Review of dry stone walling projects – July to December
The second half of 2014 was dominated by three big projects plus my first stone building in the USA. July 2014 Edinburgh – Moongate project.... Read More
Review of dry stone walling projects – January to June 2014
January 2014 West Lothian – grand stair case A winter project building a grand entrance staircase and raised bed and retaining walls. This project would... Read More
Unseasonal
Back in October and November the tabloid newspapers were been all doom and gloom about how this winter was going to be the worst on... Read More
A review of dry stone walling in 2013 – part 2
After finally finishing the big job in Edinburgh in June, I spent the following three months getting stuck into three fairly decent sized jobs –... Read More
Review of dry stone walling projects – January to June 2013
2013 has been another busy year. The highlights for the first half of the year were getting through the winter pretty much unscathed – apart... Read More
Leonardo Lifelong learning Dry Stone Walling project – Spain 2013
I was fortunate to be selected as one of the British wallers to be offered a place on an EU funded cultural exchange programme, called... Read More
Work/Life unbalance
I like working for myself. It has many advantages: the best is being in charge of my own time. But sometimes work has a way... Read More
Whatever the weather
One thing working outside gives you an appreciation of is the weather. Most people will spend much of their working lives looking out at the... Read More
Stone work and mountains
Summit Cairns Many Scottish hills and mountains have stone cairns on their summits. Most are rough piles of boulders made by the walkers and climbers... Read More
Pro-landscaper magazine
Pro-landscaper article A garden designed by Carolyn Grohman, and built by Watergems has made the front cover of this month’s Pro-Landscaper, a UK garden design... Read More