If your sloping backyard feels featureless, consider adding a curved retaining wall with a garden bed overflowing with flowers. Learn how to DIY your wall here.

If you’re building a retaining wall that’s 4 feet high or shorter, you’ll rarely get into trouble. The issue with retaining walls is the tipping force increases at a greater rate the higher ...

The driveway ramps down from the sidewalk to the garage door, and we have concrete retaining walls on both sides, about 7 or 8 inches thick. It’s about 6 feet tall at the bottom of the driveway.

BEFORE entering upon the investigation of retaining walls and their design, the author devotes two chapters to the consideration of earthwork slopes and the lateral pressure of earth. Owing to the ...