Highland Scottish warriors knitted. They have a lot in common, culturally, with Lebanese. It’s important to keep your shanks warm :-).
We dig up rocks here in the Carolina Piedmont, every time we dig. I fence my flower beds with them, just like the original settlers did.
You would feel right at home in Italy, Greece, or any of the other countries that surround the Mediterranean :-) - AND - you would have one d--n good suntan.