permaculture

[Jeffrey Newman <newman@bcinternet.net>]

Thanks Keith. As a total beginner, that's exactly the kind of direction I 
needed.

Jeffrey

Keith Johnson wrote:

> Jeffrey,
> I'm an editor at the Pc Activist and Pc teacher and previously a landscape 
> contractor who
> built a LOT of retaining walls. The best guide I can offer (aside from a 
> lengthy email or
> phone consultation) would be to recommend a visit to your nearest 
> mega-hardware store and
> look amongst the manuals on various building projects and you will most 
> likely find the
> book on retaining walls. I'm sure that Sunset has one among their many 
> manuals. Depending
> upon the variety of logs you're dealing with, you will find varying rot 
> rates, some which
> are very fast (3-6 yrs) others, like redwood or locust, very slow (15-30 
> yrs). Good luck
> with your project.
>
> Jeffrey Newman wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for advice on building a retaining wall from logs/fallen 
> > trees. The bank
> > is beside my house and about six feet high. I want to halt erosion and 
> > soil flow. Any
> > advice or references? I've found a little helpful material in the 
> > Permaculture
> > manual.
> >    http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/5759/
> >
> > My ICQ number is: 9879310



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Jeffrey Newman
My personal web site is at     http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/5759/

My ICQ number is: 9879310