Jennifer Murphy's photos with the keyword: retaining wall

The new grass is coming in nicely behind the final incarnation of my retaining wall.

I've taken the wall apart and rebuilt the top half three times, and I'm still not happy with it. The step is set and I've added fill behind the wall, but I'm not sure it's right. The cats are no help in deciding.

Bizzy supervised from her perch on top of extra fill for the project.

Time to call it a day! I'm pretty pleased so far with the wall, with the exception of the right side. I only had so many rocks to work with, and not all really fit. This is my first stone wall, though, and I'm 70% happy with it.

How to move a large, heavy chunk of granite by oneself without putting your back out : roll it onto a garbage bag and skid it across the yard! I did this with about five or six chunks that were well over 70 pounds, which is more than I can lift.

Attempting to set stones.

Digging out to level the space and set a good base.

Collecting rocks and plotting the space.