{"id":28638,"date":"2016-08-14T08:14:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T12:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=28638"},"modified":"2016-08-14T08:14:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T12:14:09","slug":"dry-stone-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/dry-stone-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Dry Stone Wall."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clearing space.<\/p>\n<p>Stacking stones by size in readiness.<\/p>\n<p>Largest near wall base, smaller further out and fillers (most important) in piles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Marking batters.<\/p>\n<p>Ends defined with timber frames, sloped for strength.<\/p>\n<p>Base string pulled taught, between nailed markers, an ideal guide.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Choosing stones<\/p>\n<p>The largest first, a flat face creating beauty.<\/p>\n<p>Settled in place on the hardened ground, fillers worked in, stone stable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>First layer<\/p>\n<p>Completed both faces secured and firm.<\/p>\n<p>Ugly stones, rocks packed into core for added strength and durability.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Markers moved.<\/p>\n<p>With each layer the process repeats.<\/p>\n<p>Markers raised, stones laid best face out, fillers inserted, cores packed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Topping out.<\/p>\n<p>Long narrow stones end on.<\/p>\n<p>Complete this work of functioning art, this boundary of beauty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clearing space. Stacking stones by size in readiness. Largest near wall base, smaller further out and fillers (most important) in piles. &nbsp; Marking batters. Ends defined with timber frames, sloped for strength. Base string pulled taught, between nailed markers, an ideal guide. &nbsp; Choosing stones&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":862,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/862"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28638"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28653,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28638\/revisions\/28653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}