Scott Stiller wrote:Clay’s ideas is phenomenal but beware of settling for the first two years. If you could somehow terrace from a solid surface (the ground) upward that would keep things in place. If the edges are simply on top of the soil they’ll sink and settle as well.
Yeah, I am okay with some erosion, since it is quite large. I guess my major concern is for the young sugar maple I planted before the mound and now is a little close. Perhaps the fire pit area on the opposite side, but there is ample space there. I was thinking of using the method that this old house shows here for stairs...but on a slightly larger scale.