Like the name suggests, stackable retaining walls are made by simply stacking blocks together. Since you don't have to worry about using mortar, they're fairly easy to DIY.

Retaining walls can level a sloped yard, prevent erosion and look beautiful! Check out these distinctive retaining wall ideas. You might not think of retaining walls as the most exciting yard ...

Q: I want to build a retaining wall that’s going to look great for years. At my last house, a short retaining wall I had around a patio started to lean out toward the lawn. The wall was but 10 ...

You can buy retaining wall blocks at Home Depot for as little at 60 cents each, and spend up to $3 each for larger and nicer blocks. You’ll need a shovel, mallet, hand tamper, wheelbarrow, yard ...

Article continues below this ad Mortar: Mortared retaining walls use materials such as brick, stone or concrete block mortared in place. Such walls normally sit on a poured concrete footing.

COURTESY HILFIKER RETAINING WALLS Gabions, wire cages filled with natural stones, are used as retaining walls that can support an earth wall, stabilize the soil or prevent erosion. They look ...

Q: We built a retaining wall several years ago and had a landscape contractor, who was a friend of my brothers, help with the project. It was about 18’ long ...

Gregg and Kenda Ottinger of Shawnee, Kan., threw out the railroad ties that lined their 60-foot-long driveway and replaced them with a concrete-block wall two years ago.

Q: I have two deteriorating (but still standing) retaining walls made of timber and two even worse, leaning cinder-block retaining walls. I was planning to replace them all eventually, but to ...

Marketwired Tue, Feb 17, 2015, 9:05 AM MINNEAPOLIS, MN--(Marketwired - Feb 17, 2015) - Allan Block has released a large upgrade to their design software for segmental retaining walls.