My hard core field of dreams! Rocks as far as the eye can see - and beyond. Central New York fields are notorious for their rocks. It has been said and is common knowledge that when you plow a field you will never stop turning up rock. The best you can do is remove as many as possible, especially the big ones that will damage equipment.
The rocks that make up most country stone walls are rocks which were discarded by farmers clearing the fields for crops. This was a useful application for these nuisence obstructions. The stone walls became major landmark indicators of property lines and interior divisions. With the changing times in farming the practice of using the rocks for stone walls for ones own property has all but died out. Now the stones are cast away in piles at the side of the field or on the edge of a nearby woods. To me there is something fascinating about rock piles. I just like the way they look, the bigger the better. Rock piles decorate the landscape of many a |
