Using a Retaining Wall As a Garden Feature

by Thomas Fryd One way to add interest to your garden is by constructing a retaining wall. Behind this wall, you can plant a lawn or flower bed. Although building a retaining wall requires some planning and effort, they are actually ... it is retaining. This will help give you wall strength. You can slope it as much as 5 or 6 inches back for every [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 18:46:23

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Using a Retaining Wall As a Garden Feature

by Thomas Fryd One way to add interest to your garden is by constructing a retaining wall. Behind this wall, you can plant a lawn or flower bed. Although building a retaining wall requires some planning and effort, they are actually ... it is retaining. This will help give you wall strength. You can slope it as much as 5 or 6 inches back for every [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 17:08:55

Using a Retaining Wall As a Garden Feature

by Thomas Fryd One way to add interest to your garden is by constructing a retaining wall. Behind this wall, you can plant a lawn or flower bed. Although building a retaining wall requires some planning and effort, they are actually ... it is retaining. This will help give you wall strength. You can slope it as much as 5 or 6 inches back for every [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 19:59:08

Using a Retaining Wall As a Garden Feature

by Thomas Fryd One way to add interest to your garden is by constructing a retaining wall. Behind this wall, you can plant a lawn or flower bed. Although building a retaining wall requires some planning and effort, they are actually ... it is retaining. This will help give you wall strength. You can slope it as much as 5 or 6 inches back for every [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 18:45:34

Millenia Retaining Walls Voted Best Green Exterior Product

(Real Estate News and Information) Millenia Wall Solutions developer of the Millenia174 Retaining Wall System httpwwwmilleniawallscomTechnologyaspx announced that its SC1008482SC508482 Retaining Wall Units won Best Exterior ProductDesign in the first annual Readers039 Choice Awards conducted by Environmental Design Construction EDC [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 08:26:39

Too many projects

I have a LOT of stuff I want to do. I simply don’t have the time, space, and money to do everything I’d like to do ... : A) Flagstone (or brick?) walkway around the side of the house and across the back patio area B) Retaining wall ... retaining wall to match the rest of our fencing D) Design a custom carputer for the Supra to fit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 19:05:05

My Non-Consumer Backyard Project — An Update

Jump to Comments                                       My summer has been dominated by a backyard project ... .  It was decided that we would put in a stone retaining wall. This part scared me as front yard retaining walls ... . And like all household projects, it started out small.  A brick patio. All I wanted was a nice [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 02:49:36

Landslides and all

As many landslide incidents happened in the past few days, many things have been said and commented ... and the property owners to carry out their projects in a more responsible manner. Retaining walls should be built; but not just any retaining wall, it should be strong and able to withstanding whatever [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 01:36:00

Dougherty Landscape: Experts in Landscape Management

More Information Whether your property is in need of installation or replacement of landscape products ranging from a retaining wall, ... service Landscape design/architecture Landscape construction/installation Horticultural evaluation ... Cleanups Retaining Walls Sodding & Seeding Gutter Cleaning Driveway Sealcoating Ponds and Water [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 18:05:41

Thanks for paying attention

Now this just annoys the crap outta me. Y’all know I’m the first one to point fingers at my colleagues when they do stupid things or when ... waste called “fly ash” that was being retained by a retaining wall until it broke, no longer retaining the retainee. Several houses were wiped out and lotsa folks now have this crap all over [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 19:21:01

Sungai Buloh folk told to vacate their homes

SUNGAI BULOH: Residents of 12 double-storey terrace houses in Sungai Buloh Country Resort have been ordered to vacate their homes today to allow ... the cracked retaining wall. Asked why the retaining wall was only built half way and not along ... building a two-layer, two-metre high gabion wall filled with rocks along the back lane to prevent soil [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 02:28:27

Problem Slopes? Try Terraces!

Slopes can be made into a lovely garden spot. Instead of a weedy eyesore, the slope could be a lovely flower garden ... bricks, concrete blocks, modular retaining wall blocks or stone. The various masonry options ... retaining walls for terraces. Railroad ties have rather fallen out of favor these days [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:13:41

My Non-Consumer Backyard Project Is Finally Done!!

Jump to Comments   I bought my house in 1996, partly because of the nice big backyard. I had all kinds of schemes for how I would tart it up ... d have to build a retaining wall. This bummed me out majorly, as Portland is insane for retaining walls ... . Except for a bag of accidently moistened concrete, there was next-to-no waste. The patio and rock [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 07:56:46

Tyson Landscaping: The Hardscape Experts

With Tyson Landscaping, Inc. they provide all of your hardscaping design and installation services ... Pavement Institute (ICPI) Certified Retaining Wall Construction Contractor Decks, Sunrooms &amp ... , walkways, and retaining walls are the core of their business services, but do much [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 02:37:05

Experienced Landscaping Staff Ready to Take on Challenging Projects

Matt Wadsworth Landscaping provides their clients with a skillfully orchestrated selection, ... Retaining Walls - Natural Stone Pavers & Masonry Contractor Snow Plowing/Removal Residential &amp ... Retaining Walls - Mortarless/Dry Stacked Block Flagstone Sidewalks, Patios & Walkways Interlocking [more...]

Date: 2008-08-25 12:48:57

City bought SI site to prevent development

A city carpenter not involved with the project was overheard one recent afternoon marveling at the retaining wall under construction along Hendricks ... funds set aside following the Henry Hudson wall collapse of 2005 to repair public retaining walls [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 01:29:00

This Abandoned Mound of Crap Has Been Brought to You by JMS Friendly Island Construction

Eric gives you peaches and roses; I offer you more photos of the archaeological dig that’s currently devaluing the real estate in my neighborhood. Because a section of our old retaining wall was perilously close to falling over ... if they’d simply reassure me that I’ll actually have a shiny new retaining wall by Hallow’s Fucking Eve [more...]

Date: 2008-08-08 04:28:37

Aerial Footage of Recent TVA Retaining Wall Failure

A retaining wall holding 80 acres of flyash failed at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston coal-fired power plant early monday morning. 2.6 million cubic yards of fly ash were released [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 14:32:00

Latest Project - Form Work

I learnt so much about building and renovating houses in the last couple of months and vocabulary is still growing ... with a wall, more precise a retaining wall, we need to put a footing, a foundation down. Simple speaking this means digging a hole and pouring concrete in. But to make sure that the concrete stays where [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 02:36:00

Piedmonters Share The Floor

Well we expected civility in the hills, and that’s what happened when Montclarions showed up at Piedmont City Hall this week ... the retaining walls needed to shore up unstable park land.  It turns out that BART construction debris ... for a pedestrian overpass on Moraga Ave, as well as large retaining walls (blue lines, below). Blair [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:00:10

Lucky Me

Some times my good fortune even surprises me.We still own our motorhome and it is sitting in the driveway until the time I am willing to sell it ... at a reasonable price but "I found one", period!It was sitting on the concrete retaining wall ... to replace the retaining nuts. Someone must have found it after it had blown off and placed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 18:32:00

Slip slidin' away.....

Buying a home on a hill always means you have to worry about things like landslides, runoff, fires etc ... homebuilder KB Homes because a retaining wall in the backyards is beginning to crumble and has been deemed ... , looks at an eroding retaining wall. KB Homes evacuated four families as a precaution because rain [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 23:34:00

Busy Boys

While I was gone to England, Adam and Peter got busy cutting down the weeping cherry tree that graced our patio and shaded it ... and, worse, pushing out the retaining wall. So, away it went! A new chain saw was needed for the deed ... to set anything on.In this shot you can see the edge - that's the curved retaining wall. We'll put [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:32:00

Michael Jursic: Entitleitis and looking out for the other fellow

Well, friends, Christmas time is here and I've just come from my boys' Winter Concert. Though I loved the music, the behaviour was appalling ... . While I was hugging the retaining wall on my right, these ladies continued to bear down on me, without stopping or ceding the right of way. While I was stopped, cowering by somebody's retaining wall [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 17:42:00

The Many Faces of a Terrace Floor

by Kent Higgins Terraces are wonderful additions to any house, functioning as outdoor style living rooms or patios in the summer, ... of this. After the hole is dug, the walls will need reinforcing with a retaining wall, to prevent [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 18:46:01

Coal Ash Spill Revives Issue of Its Hazards

Fifteen homes like this one in Harriman, Tenn., were flooded with fly ash sludge on Monday after a storage pond wall broke. Photo by J ... breached a retaining wall early Monday morning, said, "They're giving their apologies, which don't mean [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 13:50:07

Every Retaining Wall Should Have Lights And Sound

These odd looking blocks are actually a light and a speaker that are meant to be built into a retaining wall. They match the other stones sold by the manufacturer so that your outdoor lights [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 22:18:30

Greenhouse Almost Finished!

My wife and I literally worked all weekend to get our new greenhouse built.It was much more involved than I thought it would be ... was the year before that. This spot was too narrow so my wife had a great idea to build a retaining wall ... tunnel or maybe even a hoop house.Instead of explaining the whole construction process here, why don't [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 11:14:00

Cabernet Stone Terracing

cabernet stone It seems like whenever clients call us about terracing a slope on their property, ... retaining wall, so we didn’t want to add another giant wall to further loom over people. We wanted ... itself well to dry stone walls. For instance, a two foot high wall needs to be a foot thick [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 06:29:34

Ron Baron in talks with town over alleged dune damage

According to Hamptons.com, stock investor Ron Baron was accused in November of destroying part of the Atlantic Double Dune system that runs along a ... from the construction of a retaining wall on Baron’s property. Baron’s legal representatives are said ... some dimunition of the wall and replanting of vegetation” but there is no agreement yet on just how [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 19:19:51

Fill

In addition to showing off their Muppetology, I notice that my new blogging colleagues like to post purty pictures of their bright, ... and generally snotty weather in recent memory.  To make matters more depressing, my family and I have a concrete retaining wall that’s in the process of being replaced, which means half our yard has been turned [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 09:06:17

Advantages Of Raised Garden Beds

Gardens at ground level may seem to be the natural order of things ... ) we are looking at a retaining wall of eight to twelve inches. For such a wall you can use wooden planks laid horizontally; or brick; or concrete block. If the objective is to raise the top of the bed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 05:25:47

Cincinnati seeking $16.5M for transportation improvements

Cincinnati City Council is considering an ordinance allowing them to accept up to $16 ... for street improvements, bridge replacement, landslide correction, retaining wall improvement, rapid ... , Hillside Avenue at Tyler AvenueRetaining wall improvement, Cummins StreetStreet rehabilitation, McMillan [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 10:08:00

After The Deluge

:Christian Grantham has more ....-----------------------------What happens when 300 million gallons of toxic coal sludge roars through your town? About what you’d expect:Holly Schean, a waitress whose home, which she shared with her parents, was swept off its foundation when millions of cubic yards of ash breached a retaining wall early [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 18:04:00

Look Before You Leap

The Olympics have been pretty inspiring, haven’t they? All that jumping, running, swinging and vaulting… especially the vaulting ... yet, some of the concrete retaining wall had already been built. One fine day (this was during ... . No, this is where you sorta leap over an obstacle, usually a wall or something, while using one or both arms [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 11:00:56

Incredible disappearing waterway could cost Laguna millions

Sniff, sniff, snifffff…The Watchdog smells a lawsuit brewing… ... would otherwise be required; he had to construct a heavy concrete and steel wall to support the structure; he had to erect costly retaining walls and a lengthy and expensive ”bridge” driveway [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 14:00:26

Wired-o-Nomics: Wall Street Bonuses and Abortions

Ever since Congress threw $700 billion at financial institutions to help prop up the economy there have been a handful of reports about idiotic ... involved is relatively insignificant. More serious is the question of whether Wall Street Masters ... . Retaining top talent always requires what the market will bear, not what a politician thinks is fair [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 16:24:14

Tires

Disreputable emergency goat shelter. Or play house. or outpost for a fort. This is from last fall ... that we’re not showing. Sorry. But trust me, very, very cute. Incidentally, the tire retaining wall ... . The weeds and day lilies have filled it in so much that you can’t see most of the wall anymore [more...]

Date: 2008-07-11 13:47:32

Edible Gardens

Having finished Under the Tuscan Sun and now perusing the borrowed delights of the companion Bringing Tuscany Home, I’ve been craving…Italian food ... of backyards in this area have a retaining wall along one or several sides of the fence to make raised beds ... very well end up with an unimaginative cement block raised bed.  So after perusing the titles [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 22:40:45

HSR Deniers to California: Pay For Our Tunnel!

As the Peninsula scoping meetings begin this week local media is starting to take notice - which is a Good Thing, ... corridor development. That means not elevating the rail grade in any way, either by berm, retaining walls, or viaduct. Although there will be claims that tunneling is far too expensive and cannot [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:22:00

Clean Coal?

Oxymoron. How on earth can we call coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, clean? ... "clean coal" burns. The TVA has several coal-fired plants which have ponds and retaining walls for catching the toxic ash it produces. One such wall broke down: Millions of yards of ashy sludge broke [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:31:42

Healing Garden Project Announcement

Portland Oregon is leading the nation on green, eco-friendly building practices.  This article is meant to help members of PortlandBusinessCommunity ... patient rooms look out onto this waterfall which is met on either side by a retaining wall which ... ) 224-1225. The Healing Garden’s most prominent healing component is a naturalistic water feature [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 23:11:03

Old Clean Coal?

After reading about the coal "fly ash" disaster in Tennessee where a billion gallons of coal slurry from a coal-fired power plant( ... a retaining wall holding it back in a storage tank collapsed, I question whether there is anything clean ... is is collected in coal plant smokestacks, stored on site and often is recycled into construction material [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 22:44:00

patio nearing completion

I'm ashamed to say it's taken this long to get close to finishing this patio, but I do what I can ... are to make a small retaining wall that I can put some native plantings in. I also plan to try my hand ... the backyard and demoing a concrete slab. I then got started laying down the beginnings of a new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 17:58:00

Construction Cake Returns

We celebrated Will’s fourth birthday yesterday, and as you can see, it was a day of glorious celebration and excess for him, ... , and a retaining wall of chocolate frosting and malted milk balls. Sorry I didn’t take step-by-step ... . This year’s construction/dirt cake topped last year’s version by a fair bit, with a water feature [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 19:19:39

CurbedWire: Tower 4 Rebuttal, Harlem Condo Lottery

WTC—The Port Authority wants to make a few things clear about our take on Steve Cuozzo's report this morning regarding potential construction delays ... : "1) There is active and ongoing construction on t4 foundation and the wall is not an impediment to that construction. 2) The two portions of the retaining wall that need issues resolved make up [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 21:57:07

I (heart) Fluff

Today I received a packet of Fluff, a new composting and potential building material made entirely from recycled household waste ... and Lawson, WastAway Services, and Composite Products of America. Together this trio of companies takes ... the Fluff into 8" x 8" tongue and groove posts or landscaping timbers for the building of retaining wall [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 18:41:54

thought for the day

When R and I went to Scotland two summers ago, one consideration was to decide how we felt about spending so much time, ... and I are getting to know the half-block between our house and the bus stop very well. We’ve witnessed the changing of the seasons, of course. But we’ve also seen a short retaining wall get built [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 14:08:21

Hobbits’ home discovered in Wales

After getting over the natural beauty and comfort of the Welsh woodlands home pictured here, ... , the house is embedded in a hillside for low visual impact and shelter. A foundation and retaining walls ... oak thinnings. Straw bales underlay the wood flooring and are stuffed behind interior walls [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 21:10:44

M house / Architecture W

Architects: Architecture W Location: Nagoya, Japan Project Team: Michel Weenick, Yukiko Iwanaga, Brian White Client: ... the design of the house. A hybrid structural system made up of simple reinforced concrete, concrete ... is tied into additional retaining walls to carve out an independent apartment that is a modern take [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 19:00:43

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