Concrete blocks were out of budget, so we built two large retaining walls using 6x6 landscape timbers. In this video, I show ...

Ours is an fluid landscape and all its houses, merely mobile homes. For those of us who live in the hills, it seems as though we live upon soils that have long been bored with their current ...

We wanted to fix our sloped yard without spending a fortune, so we built a DIY boulder retaining wall. It’s strong, simple to ...

The desire to have a bit of land to call your own is not an uncommon one. However, in the Bay Area, finding our own personal outdoor space can be a challenge. Some of us live in newer housing ...

I want to build a three-foot-high retaining wall behind my house out of pressure-treated wood. Thoughts?—Shawn B., Sioux City, Iowa Go ahead, but do your homework. First, call 811 before you dig. The ...

Last week I wrote about my recent trip to Southern California. I was fortunate to spend time with a dear friend and his wife. I don’t know that I’ve ever met a person who’s more in love with a home ...

Retaining walls are the foundation of a beautiful and stable lakefront view. They can turn an eroding hill into a series of terraces, adding usable space to an otherwise wasted piece of cramped ...

Garden retaining walls should, it seems, be made out of stone. By its very nature, stone is at ease in the garden; stone walls have a strength and soft irregularity that embrace and guide a garden ...