Preparing for Throughstones

Splitting Stones into throughs that will tie both sides of the wall together.

The boundary wall, now at throughstone height.

Now comes one of the slowest parts of building the wall- getting the throughstones on it.  It is both a welcome break and frustration to stop the relentless upward churn of laying down courses and split stones.  I love how solid the wall is once the throughs are on, but I also want to keep producing at the same rate as before.  

The boundary wall is now between 20 and 24 inches in height, and after the through course, only a hand span of eight inches until we are capping.  It feels very far away and very close, depending on how tired I am when I think about it.

The lovely thing about getting the wall to this height is that it is turning into something that actually looks like a wall.  when the base stones are in, it looks like a jumbled raised walkway.  Two courses in, it looks odd.  Three courses in, through height, it invites you to sit on it.  A proper wall.