Building A Stone Wall

Last autumn nosotros started work on a stone retaining wall nestled into the sloping hillside past times our kitchen door. Once the wall has been built, we'll fill upward inwards the hillside amongst dirt as well as manure to practise a degree plot for a kitchen garden. Work stopped during the winter, but nosotros are dorsum at it instantly that saltation has arrived, as well as making ho-hum but steady progress.

We are gathering the rocks past times paw from the woods as well as river beds behind our house, piling them inwards the dorsum of the truck every bit nosotros go, as well as then driving them dorsum to the retaining wall site for careful placement on the wall. Every fourth dimension nosotros consummate a circular of gathering/placing, nosotros get got a footstep dorsum as well as realize but how long the procedure is going to get got for a yoke of amateurs similar us. On the vivid side nosotros are actually going to appreciate that wall when it's done!

↓ The wall is looking similar this correct now.

The dainty apartment rocks are stacked inwards the front end inwards a 2 over i fashion, as well as then the irregular rocks are tossed inwards the dorsum for to a greater extent than support. Josh has too been earthworks upward sod from a S facing portion of our yard where he plans to constitute to a greater extent than nutrient this summer. The dug upward sod is beingness tossed behind the retaining wall to help fill upward inwards the hillside. ↓

↓ Josh started earthworks the instant gardening plot before this week.

↓ And past times today it looks similar this. The plot volition live on well-nigh 80' x 20' when complete.

↓ From to a higher identify the whole mess looks similar this.

The wall volition live on well-nigh 4' tall inwards the front end when complete, as well as we'll instruct out along it around on the sides of the garden as well as taper it off toward the altitude of the hill. At the charge per unit of measurement we're going now, which is a few hours every 24-hour interval collecting a placing rocks, we're in all probability looking at mid-summer before this matter is done.


It volition live on imperfect as well as in all probability lopsided inwards a few places, but judging from how it's come upward along thus far, I intend it is going to expect really cool when complete. Can't hold off to percentage the finished pics!

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