CENTURY OLD Stone Wall On Our Homestead Has a Hidden Problem: Can We Restore It? (Off Grid Build)

Go to https://surfshark.com/homestead4 or use code HOMESTEAD4 at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! This week on our off grid homestead in rural Italy, we start repairing a century-old dry stone wall on our abandoned land — but once we look closer, we realise this old stone wall has a hidden problem. What first looked like a simple stone wall restoration job quickly turns into a much bigger homestead construction project. The wall is not built the way we expected, with old stones, soil, roots, loose sections and a structure that needs careful repair before we can move forward. We are learning as we go, using traditional materials like hydraulic lime and lime mortar, trying to respect the original dry stone wall while making it stable enough for the future. This episode is a real look at DIY homestead work, stone masonry, old stone house renovation, land restoration and the reality of building an off grid homestead from scratch. We’re Emily & Robi — turning 5 acres of abandoned land in rural Italy into a self sufficient off grid homestead. Chapters: 00:00 Our Next Big Project 00:16 Starting the 100-Year-Old Stone Wall Repair 01:39 Searching for Hydraulic Lime 03:32 Clearing the Old Stone Wall 04:47 The Hidden Problem Inside the Wall 06:58 Removing Roots, Soil and Glass 07:47 Stabilising the Dry Stone Wall 12:04 Setting the First Stones with Lime Mortar 15:10 Learning Stone Masonry on the Homestead 19:40 Repointing the Old Stone Wall 22:24 Rebuilding the Next Section 23:19 Pointing the Wall by Hand 26:29 Getting Help with the Stone Wall 29:10 The Wall Starts Coming Together 31:45 Stabilised Wall and Next Steps 📩 Business [email protected] 📲 Personal: [email protected] 🌿 Instagram: @another_homestead 💲 Support us: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/anoth... ☕️ Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/anotherhomestead #offgridhomestead #homesteading #abandonedland #masonry This CENTURY Old Stone Wall on our Homestead Has a Hidden Problem: Can We Restore It?