When we bought our house, it had a deck, part of a railing that was partially attached to the deck, and a concrete wall that ended the lawn. from there, it was sort of a jumbled mess of what obviously used to be a nice tiered garden, but hadn't been touched for 20 years.
Well, the deck fell off, and then we were left with a giant useless space, some dog crap, some ugly plants, and a lot of trash. I started digging around and found part of an old stone wall. In the process, I decided that I should probably just rip out the lilacs. after that, i got a truck full of dirt and started filling in a little bit of the space.
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178971-b4345ed5003edc50ca84218ad261e0fc.jpg)
The tree that was leaning over where the deck used to be had to go.... but that was a different adventure... a lot of digging, swearing, and name calling at 9pm, we got this guy out.
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178972-187794e11eda09b1ce36438a6844133d.jpg)
Then i got a load of dirt delivered....
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178973-f92852ee634b9f49923fb02d8d034d18.jpg)
then i started digging (picture taken before tree removal):
and digging...
and then putting rocks there...
and i'm not done yet, but i'm making progress....
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178977-8ec831c7a41f350100d18329d550ed2e.jpg)
I had to stop to build a gate and put in some pretty flowers, and cut down a few trees with a friend.... not going to pass up 5 free trees when I needed a break from shoveling!
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178979-5a57bb9bbfd5dc1e2cab0ef7f6a2a326.jpg)
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178968-a202c611c1870305fa36d911121d36e6.jpg)
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178969-84def9affaf3ecbadbd0e74b5ebfee91.jpg)
Well, the deck fell off, and then we were left with a giant useless space, some dog crap, some ugly plants, and a lot of trash. I started digging around and found part of an old stone wall. In the process, I decided that I should probably just rip out the lilacs. after that, i got a truck full of dirt and started filling in a little bit of the space.
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178970-d7ee206ac3778a05f907067e4ce5ba77.jpg)
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178971-b4345ed5003edc50ca84218ad261e0fc.jpg)
The tree that was leaning over where the deck used to be had to go.... but that was a different adventure... a lot of digging, swearing, and name calling at 9pm, we got this guy out.
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178972-187794e11eda09b1ce36438a6844133d.jpg)
Then i got a load of dirt delivered....
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178973-f92852ee634b9f49923fb02d8d034d18.jpg)
then i started digging (picture taken before tree removal):
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178974-608f67f719e7deb94c393bd8d6fb76e8.jpg)
and digging...
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178975-f4e43221c90dbac49f16aaca2c68648b.jpg)
and then putting rocks there...
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178976-82167bbabbed879d8d95c4afae724072.jpg)
and i'm not done yet, but i'm making progress....
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178977-8ec831c7a41f350100d18329d550ed2e.jpg)
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178978-b6c31ead8fe3eeb61ad040dec3bd4b5b.jpg)
I had to stop to build a gate and put in some pretty flowers, and cut down a few trees with a friend.... not going to pass up 5 free trees when I needed a break from shoveling!
![Boulder Retaining Wall Project Boulder Retaining Wall Project](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/178/178979-5a57bb9bbfd5dc1e2cab0ef7f6a2a326.jpg)