Showing posts with label shade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shade. Show all posts

Monday, April 29, 2013

What do you think?

I was buying more rock this weekend so I could finally finish off the shade bed in the backyard. They've started giving me a discount at Oregon Decorative Rock, I'm there so often.


Greg thinks I should add a third layer of rock to make the retaining wall look more substantial.


That makes things a little tricky, since the soil level should rise to meet the top of the wall. You want the soil to meet the house at least four, but ideally six inches, from where the wood starts so you don't get termites. So I'd have to create a slope and grade the soil back toward the house. It's not impossible but it might look funny.


What say you? Add another level?


Leave it be?


I can't decide.