Size the trench so there's enough room for the retaining wall block and at least 8 in. of space behind it. Excavate deep enough to completely bury at least one full course, including space for 6 to 8 ...

Retaining walls were first created to perform the simple and necessary task of holding back earth. And with good reason: Erosion is a natural process, but when it means soil being washed off your ...

In Chicago and in cities around the world, landscape architects, masons and builders have been studying the finer points of dry stone walls. Historic preservationists want to preserve the handmade ...

“The Stones. I love the Stones. I watch them whenever I can. Fred, Barney ...” ­­— Comic Steven Wright I like the Stones, too. And the Beatles and The Who and, at least some of the time, Pink Floyd ...

Robert Thorson stands atop a wall of lichen-covered stones, round ones upon square ones upon flat ones. Miles and miles of such walls stretch across Connecticut’s landscape like the seams of a ...

Retaining walls were first created to perform the simple and necessary task of holding back earth. And with good reason: Erosion is a natural process, but when it means soil being washed off your ...