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> I have to deal with a hillside that has a 2:3 slope (if I'm saying that
> right, slope goes down a two feet for every three out). The main goal
> here is to forestall erosion, secondary to help plantings take root.
> Hillside is about 70' wide, and it drops 10'. It has a mild contour to
> it, so straight terracing wouldn't be ideal. Anyone have ideas re a good
> material for the 'retaining walls'. I'm not really aiming at a full
> strength retaining wall system which would probably cost a fortune to
> install. More hoping that some easy going terracing will do enough.
> Like, steel pegs knocked in two feet deep, with 1 foot up, and some
> barrier material as the wall...what that would be I don't know, but have
> wondered if there is some recycled plastic 3/4" x 1' king sized
> benderboard material out there. Or are there 'systems' for this type of
> situation? I'm not eager to use the cement blocks that are common, too
> much weight to haul, it'd be a lot of block. There is no snow or
> freezing where I live.
>
Hmmm, anyone besides me think that I posted this in the wrong newsgroup?
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