Have you heard of a gabion?

OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91297)

• United States

18 Nov 21

@JudyEv Oh I am glad to hear this Judy..worry about you, dear friend.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

I had a bad day yesterday with coughing but feel better today thanks.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

@RebeccasFarm Mostly I'm very healthy so please don't worry.

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@DaddyEvil (174590)

• United States

17 Nov 21

We had end-posts to fences made like that when I was still on the farm. I didn't know they were called something specific. The ones we had were chicken wire made into a circle holding a post in the middle to attach the wires that held the gates.

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@DaddyEvil (174590)

• United States

18 Nov 21

@JudyEv What were you guarding the small trees from? We paint young tree trunks white to help protect the bark from splitting while the young trees are growing. When the bark splits, the trees can get infected and start rotting. Some people also put something around the bottom part of a trunk to keep from damaging the trunk when they mow. There is a white colored plastic they use to keep from damaging the trunk when they weed eat around the trunks.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

@DaddyEvil We were guarding the trees from rabbits and kangaroos. The guards had to be 2 or 3 feet high or the roos would eat all the leaves. Once the trees got established, then they were safe from the roos.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

We made circles of chicken-wire as tree guards round our small trees.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (51837)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

18 Nov 21

Here ya go...

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (51837)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

19 Nov 21

@JudyEv I keep trying to download a nice pic of one but it comes up as an application error. Maybe this other one will post.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Nov 21

@BarBaraPrz I had that trouble yesterday too but eventually I got there. Thanks for the pic.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135906)

• Marion, Ohio

18 Nov 21

I have seen pictures of them before. Never an actual one.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135906)

• Marion, Ohio

18 Nov 21

@JudyEv I have even heard of people here doing it for privacy fence.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

They seem to be becoming the in thing here now.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

@wolfgirl569 Yes, that is possibly their most common use here. An easier way to make a stone wall.

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JB_girl

@sol_cee (38669)

• Philippines

18 Nov 21

Are those two giant cherries?

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JB_girl

@sol_cee (38669)

• Philippines

18 Nov 21

@JudyEv oohhh sorry they looked like cherries to me

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

@sol_cee You don't need to be sorry.

Cherries are a bit further south where it is just that little bit colder.

@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

They are apples. There are a lot of orchards and market gardens in the area now but originally it was mostly apples that were grown.

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Vree0937

@Vree0937 (3878)

• Indonesia

18 Nov 21

First time hear or read it - Gabion. It like a low end monument isnt? a private one perhaps?

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

Did you read the discussion as it tells you what it is there. It's a wire 'cage' filled with rocks.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

@Vree0937 Fair enough.

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Vree0937

@Vree0937 (3878)

• Indonesia

18 Nov 21

@JudyEv This is what you wrote : The photo shows a stone wall. If you imagine that surrounded by mesh or netting, then that would be a gabion. I did not know what it call in your place - stone wall we called it monument in here

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Nawsheen

@Nawsheen (28761)

• Mauritius

18 Nov 21

I have seen something similar over here. They are placed here at beaches to prevent sand erosion

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Nawsheen

@Nawsheen (28761)

• Mauritius

18 Nov 21

@JudyEv True indeed. There are doing here at several places to prevent erosion

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

Yes, that's very similar. Being encased in mesh would stop the tides from washing the rocks away.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502653)

• Italy

18 Nov 21

I did not know that you call them gabion, but they are also popular here. This in the photo is a gabion often used here.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502653)

• Italy

19 Nov 21

@JudyEv They create very pretty things with caged rocks here.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

That is really attractive. I would love something like that.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14787)

• Ireland

17 Nov 21

@judyev I know what they are and have seen them but never knew they had a name other than a cage of rocks.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

I didn't know they had a name either. But it's not a big, fancy name like some of the ones you come up with.

Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14787)

• Ireland

18 Nov 21

@JudyEv My current favourite is an excellent name for a blabbermouth or gossip: clatterfart. Isn’t that sweet?

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

@xFiacre That's a beauty! One of your best.

Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

18 Nov 21

I haven't heard the term before. I'm sure they are useful in creating a pleasant appeal to a property. Beautiful picture.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

18 Nov 21

@JudyEv We both learned something.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

I knew about wire cages for rocks but hadn't heard the word 'gabion' before.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (21492)

• London, England

18 Nov 21

Very popular during the English Civil War for hiding behind!

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

Haha - yes I guess so. And if they didn't have a top, you could haul rocks out to throw at the enemy.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (21492)

• London, England

18 Nov 21

@JudyEv I am fairly certain they are still in use today, but come as a tough nylon net to be filled by a digger... if you have one handy

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130150)

• Israel

18 Nov 21

@JudyEv Thank you for explaining what it is. I have never heard of it before. That is ok of no photo for it.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

I've seen a lot of these cages but didn't know there was a name for it. Some other myLotters have put up photos of some.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130150)

• Israel

18 Nov 21

@JudyEv ok and thanks for letting me know.

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Nitin

@nitirrbb7 (4317)

• India

18 Nov 21

I haven't ever heard of that and don't even have any idea of what an entry statement is

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 21

Some people like to have something a bit special at their front entrance. Here is the front entrance that could be called an 'entry statement'.

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Nitin

@nitirrbb7 (4317)

• India

19 Nov 21

@JudyEv That looks attractive, something different for an eye-catching. Thanks for the information Judy

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26773)

• United States

18 Nov 21

No, I've not heard of gabion. People like to have hedges it rock for fences or border around their homes. Some have rock stepping stones to their doors.

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