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      <image:caption>irregular stone steps give a rustic character to this in town back yard</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Apple tree pruned up to see the gorgeous drystone wall</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Reclaimed stone from a barn foundation bordering the lawn from the field in late summer</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Drystone wall in progress during the winter</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Colourful drystone wall</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Drystone wall separating the field from the house</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hackstone.ca/projects/great-gable</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Projects - Great Gable</image:title>
      <image:caption>Limestone Steps at leading to patio at dusk</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Great Gable</image:title>
      <image:caption>Stone steps beside stream with granite boulders</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Great Gable</image:title>
      <image:caption>Natural stone steps &amp; bridge over flowing stream</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Great Gable</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lush gardens next to a stream at dusk</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Great Gable</image:title>
      <image:caption>Weathered limestone dipping its toes in the water</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Great Gable</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lush gardens with weathered limestone retaining boulders</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Great Gable</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mossy limestone patio outcropping</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Great Gable</image:title>
      <image:caption>Giant limestone slab for a bridge</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Natural stone steps hugging the rocks</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Great Gable</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tight fitting limestone steps</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Great Gable</image:title>
      <image:caption>Natural stone entrance; steps, boulders&amp; gardens</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Great Gable</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mossy limestone boulders carved in to the patio</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Great Gable</image:title>
      <image:caption>mossy limestone boulder retaining wall nestling the house in</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>weathered rockery garden retaining</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Great Gable</image:title>
      <image:caption>Limestone boulders perfect for sitting</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hackstone.ca/projects/the-cottage</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-04-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Projects - The Cottage</image:title>
      <image:caption>rotten timber retaining wall starting to fail</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - The Cottage</image:title>
      <image:caption>drystone wall stepped down to follow the land around it</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - The Cottage</image:title>
      <image:caption>Old timber steps coming up from the lake</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - The Cottage</image:title>
      <image:caption>new limestone steps connecting the cottage to the lake.these seps will out live us all</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - The Cottage</image:title>
      <image:caption>these steps are only about 10 years old and are already in need of replacing</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - The Cottage</image:title>
      <image:caption>These natural stone step will be here longer than the cottage</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - The Cottage</image:title>
      <image:caption>the pile of old rotten steps. out with the old...</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - The Cottage</image:title>
      <image:caption>...in with the new - 40-ish stone steps crafted on site from irregular slabs from the quarry</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - The Cottage</image:title>
      <image:caption>these old steps didn't even lead to the cottage. no thought to the design.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - The Cottage</image:title>
      <image:caption>these limestone steps lead right to the cottage. Designed with intent.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>old driveway retaining timer wall</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>new driveway retaining walls made with armourstone and steps</image:caption>
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