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stone is available for re-use, drystane dyking, or
drystone walling, is a low-impact, durable and flood-resistant form of
construction which provides habitat for a diversity of wildlife and
protection from wind and rain for vegetables and other crops. though developed originally for the enclosure of common land and management of livestock, drystone walls can also be useful for landscaping and protection in gardens and arable farmland i recently spent three weeks training and dyking with professional dyker and qualified instructor colin purvis, learning the basics of this traditional skill. we were building an open garden structure in the style of a traditional local sheepstell, in wester essenside in the scottish borders. i received training the equivalent to first and second level beginners' courses. |
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