PEP BB earthworks.sand.stack - small dry stack retaining wall

I built this wall along my driveway to keep soil out of the gravel. It connects to an existing cinder block wall that has seen better days and needs help holding the hill back.

I wish I had more money so I could have gotten real stone for that part…. Used what I could from the landlord and splurged on the cinder blocks and rough stone to try to get it done (just $100 for stone and blocks from your local hardware). Thanks for considering it though!

We are about to build a retaining wall. While moving some soildirt I sifted it as well and obtained small rocks that I'd like to use as the gravel. I want to ask if this gravel is acceptable to certify for this BB or should I resort to buying a big bag of sharp gravel? Which I'd like to avoid, if possible.

I really enjoy the 3-dimensional challenges of dry rock stack building. I first starting experimenting with rock stacks 2 years ago and my first stack is horrendous compared to the rock stacks that I build now. Granted, my first rock stack is still standing but I'd love to redo it once it actually starts falling apart. These photos are for a much larger rock stack but I just zoomed in to a 4 ft length of it. I built the rock stack for a new terrace. After I build the wall (to stand on it's own independently), I backfill it with branches, dirt, manure, worms, other biomass, then seeds. My kids like to walk on the walls so I spend a great deal of time finding the right rock placement and then I chink each rock in place so that each rock is steady. I can walk on this rock wall.

The key is to have all of the rocks you need (plus more) before starting to build.

Dry stack wall in the east berm of the Arrakis parking area.

I made a lil dry stack wall near Arrakis. The stone came from up the hill near the Love Shack.  BEHOLD!

I made this wall. It sits at the feet of the parking lot behind the classroom at wheaton labs. There is an apple tree here. Little worse for wear of the summer, but it still has some green wood. It may come back! And if not, it will be a great place for a future tree.