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Twice a day during high tide, water will come up over the retaining wall and flood the area, damaging the trees.
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Amy Delaura, The Washington Examiner, 21 Feb. 2026
Consider a short wall like this one, which uses rocks as a larger retaining wall, or go big by building a whole stone fence.
—Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 20 Feb. 2026
Make an easy, inexpensive DIY raised bed with concrete retaining wall blocks.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
In one of them, iron-rich spring water flows through a row of apertures in a stone retaining wall, staining it over time with rust-red residue.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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Amy Delaura, The Washington Examiner, 21 Feb. 2026
Consider a short wall like this one, which uses rocks as a larger retaining wall, or go big by building a whole stone fence.
—Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 20 Feb. 2026
Make an easy, inexpensive DIY raised bed with concrete retaining wall blocks.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
In one of them, iron-rich spring water flows through a row of apertures in a stone retaining wall, staining it over time with rust-red residue.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Retaining wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retaining%20wall. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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