Tropicals & Tender Perennials: My new garden or Stone Henge?, 1 by KRNYSGIRL

KRNYSGIRL wrote:
These posts are all pink granite that was quarried in a local town (Stoney Creek, Branford). The quarry there is very, very old and little work is done there any more but John knows the guys that still work there and asked him to hand cut him around 20 8-12ft posts for the garden. I'll tell you Shirley the man of mine is surely reincarnated from another century...he has always loved old stone, does his own blacksmith work to make hardware he used in the house in barn - his forge is the really OLD kind with the hand bellows to blow air on the coals. He learned stone mason skills when he was in his early 20s and went to work for the State restoring Gillette's Castle ( a local landmark). He was hooked after that and began building his own house from old hand cut granite.

Diane

Look at this GIANT urn/birdbath that will go in the garden. It's HUGE.