Last week I wrote about my recent trip to Southern California. I was fortunate to spend time with a dear friend and his wife. I don’t know that I’ve ever met a person who’s more in love with a home ...

Retaining walls take ample planning and strong landscaping knowledge, so be sure of your DIY skills if you plan on building ...

Q – We are thinking about building a retaining wall in our yard. The wait time to have one built seems to be forever so we thought we could do it ourselves. What are some things we should know about?

Highlights The typical cost range to build a railroad tie retaining wall falls between $2,000 and $2,400, while the national average cost is $2,200. The main factors that affect the total cost of this ...

My grandfather was a baker in Cincinnati in the very early 1900s. He and my grandmother owned and operated a neighborhood bakery in the Clifton Heights neighborhood just 400 feet from where I was born ...

It’s tragic to spend the time and money to build a retaining wall only to have it fail. Unstable walls can be dangerous; at the very least they are a discouraging waste of resources. Over the years we ...