Urbanite retaining wall

We needed some new, low retaining walls in our top garden. And my idea? Reusing old, broken up concrete slabs to make the new 'bookleaf' walls.

Last week, we set out to make some progress on stacking the urbanite foundation for our kitchen. There were a few things I learned from my own foundation, and a...

This is a view looking upslope, you can see we have added another "room" and we will now get to use what had been a steep, grassy slope as a terrace. See the initial preparation of this area See our recycled concrete pile i031007 212

Welcome to the Garden of Invasive Species, otherwise known as my backyard... We've got ivy and japanese knotweed (deliciously edible tho) and lots and lots of Vinca Major! Not to mention, I compiled a thorough list with the help of my landscaping buddy, Ethan Rainwater. Here goes: Ivy, Vinca Major, English Holly, Japanese Knotweed, English Laurel, Port. Laurel, Himalayan Blackberry, Dandelion, Wood Hyacinth, Sing. Hawthorn, Mazzard Cherry, and Norway Maple. Yikes! So, I don't feel bad about…

How to build a cheap garden rock wall or a simple concrete reinforced retaining wall. If you do not have much money and can't easily fix stuff you probably can still build these simple retaining walls.

There’s one way to get low walls, paths and patios for nothing but sweat equity -- urbanite -- demolished concrete that works as a paving stone replacement.

Laramee Haynes, a California-based landscape designer, often reuses pieces of broken concrete in gardens as an alternative to pouring a slab of concrete. 'Broken concrete can be reused over and over again,' Haynes said. 'It has a very organic quality.' Here, he offers a look at his techniques:

We're about to tear up our back patio, and were thinking we could kill 2 birds with one stone (no animals were harmed in the posting of this message) and use the recycled concrete to build a retaining wall in our sloping front yard. The thing is, we don't love the look. So my question, which I'm h...