Humans have been building retaining walls for thousands of years to create flat, or gently sloping, terraces on hillsides. A lot of my readers have them on their own property — or need to build one — ...

Concrete blocks were out of budget, so we built two large retaining walls using 6x6 landscape timbers. In this video, I show you how we extended their lifespan with drain lines, proper backfill, and ...

Q: Tim, I’ve seen quite a few failed retaining walls. Many have bulges or have tipped over. What needs to be done to ensure I only do mine one time? I’ve seen photos of walls hundreds of years old ...

Many years ago, when I was young and foolish, I decided to build an 80-foot long terrace for fruit trees, and to edge it with a nice fieldstone retaining wall, using stones I could find on my property ...

Question: Everyone in my subdivision uses man-made blocks for the retaining walls they installed on the sloping parts of their yards. I do not like the look of these concrete blocks and want to use ...

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 ...

Retaining walls are hardscaping heroes, making challenging locations more workable and preventing erosion in your outdoor space so it stays safe. In sloped backyards, retaining walls are especially ...

More and more, people are taking up gardening to supplement their groceries with healthful, homegrown produce, but yard space sometimes is a problem. However, a raised-bed planter can be tucked into ...

BOUNTIFUL – City officials have taken steps to restore the slope in a neighborhood in the eastern part of the community, near the mountains. The city council voted recently to hire a company to build ...