Building A Stone Retaining Wall/Slope

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[@DDL2728]

I know this was a lot of work, but it was really fun to watch!! Aren't you glad you bought that excavator??!! Great job, Adam!! You know, when I watched you walking right beside your little boy with your arm down & your hand out & between him & that rock, I thought about God's arm down & His hand out, protecting us from "that rock"!! God bless you and your family. Love these videos!! ✨️👍❤️

[@HometownAcres]

Thank You Dianne for the analogy. That was very nice!

[@earlshine453]

Suggestion: spread a mix of wild flower seeds above and in the rock wall. Where they grow they will suppress a lot of the weeds you don't want.

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

Adam… I have a long overdue project that is very similar to that. The west side of my house has a slope that has eroded away. I’ve been gathering stones for years to fix it. Initially I was going to build a stacked rock wall… but have settled on a rock veneered slope like yours. My wife has been the hold up because she says, “I just can’t picture it.” Thanks to you… I can show her what it will look like! Thanks bud… I’ll show her your vid right now!

[@HometownAcres]

Glad to be able to help. Hopefully she gives you the green light

[@robertafazio3449]

Love the look of this wall! If there is a construction site near you doing excavation work, you might want to see if they want to get rid of some rocks. Can't hurt to ask!

[@derekriddell2838]

I love neighbor Doug sitting on a lawn chair hanging out while your compacting the slope. Great guy

[@2020Tundra]

Was wondering when Neighbor Doug would show up to help you with the pipe 🤣. I had just watched his latest video before watching yours. Still lookin good!! I’m with you on how valuable a small excavator would be to own. Maybe one day I’ll be able to get one, too. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@matthartlage889]

Adam you said “it’s not perfect.” It’s not supposed to be perfect, it’s supposed to look “natural”. And it does! You did a great job. Looks good!

[@thomasroach1183]

That wall is looking good, you would never know that you don’t have a lot of experience!!! Enjoy ur videos

[@johnkirby6547]

Adam, I think its really looking good so far. Great to see the drain piping out over the side for sure.

[@ruadhscottygirl2480]

I think I would turn the bottom row of rocks so that a continuous flat face is presented to make a line. Then a lawn tractor can run beside it a whole lot quicker and easier than dodging around all the jut outs. Really liking this garage build.

[@fermiticus4034]

Having a machine would make my life SO much easier!!! It took me 15 years to collect enough stones and boulders to have enough to do all I wanted to do...a few here, few there...from softball size up to as big as I could lift. Somewhere in the range of 15-20 tons...all done with my aching back!

[@thomasgreene5750]

That rock retaining wall will blend in over time and give you years of satisfaction. Back in the 1970s my brother and I built a rough retaining wall out of rocks unearthed while digging the cellar hole at the family lake cottage. Fifty years on, it looks like it is a natural part of the site.

[@jnorman1986]

The rock wall is an awesome idea and it's turning out great. I would continue that look with your equipment area that you cleared out with neighbor Doug a few episodes back. Just to shore up that hillside a bit.. Love the content!

[@DIYMyWay]

Hi Adam! Great work and a good idea to put sand around the pipe for protection and ease of backfilling! The rock will is looking really good and you are getting quite good with that excavator. Thanks for sharing!

[@TCsOutdoors1]

He Adam, the rock wall looks great! I love how you sourced them from the property, very cool.

[@bnewton5922]

Driveway is looking great. Sorry it’s taking so long to get cement. The stone is a great touch. Your very correct the excavator is a perfect fit on your property. Nice to see neighbor Doug sitting down and watching lol. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe

[@neilforbes1082]

Nice work Adam your skills with the excavator are progressing well.

[@joeystork57]

Looks great Adam!! I think this is going to look fantastic when it is done!! Stay safe always!!

[@rickmyers2657]

Great video Adam. I have a friend like Doug who helps me on projects. Always nice to work with an expert to learn from!

[@OneEyeCustoms]

Loved it!!! Time for more rock hunts!

[@Shane_Reynolds85]

I really like the look of native rocks over having something else being brought in. That wall is looking great. To keep weeds at bay, look for a product called "ground zero" or "ground clear" and it works for an entire season.

[@singingone1]

Looking wonderful. Using what you have where you are and learning as you go. BRAVO!

[@mikefromwv1010]

I'm not much on leaving comments but I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing them with us.

[@HometownAcres]

Well I’m glad this video got you to comment. Thank you!

[@tkskagen]

To minimise extra Erosion, find yourself a (LARGE) Flat peice of Shale or Stone to place under the Evacuation Pipe so drainwater will slow down "softer". And possibly place a Wire Mesh Screen (with a Hose Clamp) to prevent Cridders, but still cleanable for Leaf Debris...

[@jonathanheath814]

Cool project Adam. You saved a huge amount of money, slope issues, and labour by not excavating into the slope and building a vertical retaining wall. What you did also looks good and meant you could do it. Respect!

[@brucebello2049]

Hi Adam, great start, if you don’t mind could I suggest you consider using a wildflower mix in the wall, it would get you ahead of the weeds and look fantastic between the stones. Over here in the UK our farmers were paid to plant wildlife supporting mix’s and the county side has never looked better. Take care

[@nealoehme5682]

As a father and weekend warrior for projects i am very envious of your time lol …. Im lucky if i get 2-3 hours a week for projects haha

[@PassingTimeInPeachtree]

I think it looks good. It’s nice you can get these boulders from you own place too.

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Nice job Adam

[@iraqriders4467]

i think it looks very well done, smart that you did not hire a company, as long as you feel and think it looks good for you and your family, who cares what other thinks, ... well done

[@joshmiller8663]

Adam the wall looks good great video.

[@jason27swg]

It's gonna look good man. I did exactly the same thing along a spot of my driveway that had to be built up to go through a low spot. The only thing I hate is the rocks seem to attract timber rattlesnakes. I bet I could go down there now and see one. I keep it sprayed with roundup to kill any weeds that come up. Other than the rattlesnakes everything is spot on for me

[@patrickdavis9796]

Just keep doing what your doing you will get really good on the excavator they are pretty handy the rock wall looks good it will look even better the further you get who is doing your concrete

[@johncollins500]

Adam, experience is the best teacher. You are really getting the hang of the escalator. And your walk looks great. Until the next time have a great day

[@tjjewell4115]

Adam, great job on the wall and the Drain spout, you will thank yourself for putting that across your Driveway, great Video.

[@outsidewithrodney8240]

Don't worry about what other people think. You do what works for you and use what you have on the property for your project's. That's what I would do. It doesn't look cheap. It looks awesome. Keep up the good work.

[@briananderson7497]

You know people are going to start calling you and asking you to do their retaining wall. Looks good, Adam.

[@suziqbrown7073]

Nice that your son is helping to build the wall that he will spend much time climbing on in the years to come

[@stevedoty5841]

LOL. I’m sure you have the pipe headed down not up. Great job.

[@bruceplatt6913]

Adam, you are being modest about operating the excavator. You are really good on all your machinery. You are very skilled in backing your trailer. Backing a short tongued trailer is not easy.

[@nickmastroianni5557]

You might want to shovel in some soil to fill in the gaps between the rocks and use a leafblower to clean it up afterwards. . That should slow erosion and help keep out the critters. Then, plant some ground cover or wildflowers or grass to hold the soil in place and prevent weed growth. Another possibility might be to fill in with #2 stone.

[@gebada7655]

Looks awesome. Nice to see your family and neighbor Doug all pitching in having fun.

[@markknister6272]

As usual - you can’t do this til you do those. :-). Looks like Dougmeister’s welding is holding up on the thumb!

[@davidlinux]

I found your from Dig, Drive, DYI. You have a great channel. Quick question which part of PA are you in? I just bought 15 acres in Berks county. Talk about stone and hills. The excavation work will be pretty amazing. We are building a retaining wall using the stone from our land. Keep up the great work and thank you for providing such a wholesome and natural channel to watch.

[@rickgoforth8308]

Brother, you have taken to the excavator like white on rice! Your skill set using it has expeditiously improved. Great job!

[@craigsudman4556]

Get more boulders! It's amazing how many one needs to do a proper job. Great video Adam thumbs up.

[@genesispuredeaf2390]

You will never again want to be without the mini ex. The wall is coming together nicely. Have you worked out a place for the cement trucks to do their washout?

[@vlookup_tim]

Nice job Harry and Doug.

[@billkiessel6682]

Looking good Adam! Nice to see your son involved

[@davesauerzopf6980]

Great idea to get the water dispersed away from your driveway! Make sure you have some way to clean it out. I learned the hard way and had to dig up some of my pipe to add a clean out.

[@claylandry7582]

You did great looks awesome

[@sandypidgeon4343]

Might want to put in some limestone gravel in between those rocks to keep critters from living in there - it's been fun to see this progress. GOD Bless

[@andydsimmons]

Wall looks great. The boy is a natural.... keep up the good work

[@tonyputman3398]

I really enjoy your videos!! The rock wall is looking great!! Thanks for sharing!! Have you considered the freeze/thaw issues with the PVC? The reason I am asking is because I had some of my downspouts routed via underground PVC and it didn't work out very well for me. The PVC filled with ice, therefore, plugging the drain and the water had nowhere to go but out the connection between the downspout and the PVC. It also broke my PVC elbow at the bottom of the downspout. The lines that I ran using perforated corrugated PE and bedded in sand never plugs with ice. It always drains no matter the freeze/thaw cycles here in eastern Iowa. God bless y'all!

[@haroldphipps3457]

Interesting! Central Iowa here. Good information, thank you.

[@tonyputman3398]

@@haroldphipps3457 Glad to share my misfortune and hope others don't have to make the same mistake. Have a great day and God bless.

[@savagefirewood]

Really shaping up. You and the family have a wonderful country oasis. 👌🏻🔥🇨🇦

[@TheHobbyShop1]

Looking great. That drain was a great call!

[@robschwartzenburg8933]

It looks and will look amazing

[@bjmurrey]

great job man! looking nice!

[@thelouiebrand]

Man when your little one almost hit his dead on that rock it took my breath away. 😂

[@richardmain8059]

Great job, one day your son will be climbing that rock wall, my 8 year old granddaughter climbs rock walls in competitions.

[@henrymorgan3982]

Looks great!

[@scottdesart275]

I’d love to have boulders like that on my property. We are not too level and I sure could use stone like that. I think you’re selling yourself short, you look like your very experienced with excavator.

[@richbissonnette301]

Add some wildflowers, daisies, purple cone flowers,……It would look better than a bunch of rocks

[@susiebryant381]

Your stone wall is looking great!

[@prank213]

You could possibly cortex drain pipe all the way to the pond !

[@markbouchard525]

Love the look of the wall! Great job

[@jimconnor8274]

Nice work Adam. Looks nice. Maybe a flat stone at water contact point to the ground from that drain pipe.

[@blakeroni]

One Eye Customs keeping the lawn chair warm!

[@keepitlogical]

I am a new subscriber, I love your video's I am looking to get about 20 to 30 acers of land and your videos, and that of Bama Bass, has help me with ideas. thank you, look forward to more. oh I am in Texas.

[@HometownAcres]

Thanks for subbing. Glad you are getting useful information from the videos.

[@nicholascooper1193]

Now that you have a rock feature, you'll have to get into RC rock crawlers.

[@AlChafeMYBACKSTEP]

Great job on the run off and the wall, next up, level out the ground for the little one, ha ha, looks great

[@coralsancetta7242]

Its looking good

[@ronaldsimmons8346]

looking good... cheers

[@ProductiveRecreation]

Good you used sand around the pipe. I think I would have put a couple inches of sand in the bottom of the trench before laying the pipe as a consistent bottom cushion too. Grass and weeds in it is no matter. I usually get my sand from the side of the road where it builds up from the winter road sanding… why buy it if the town is going to leave a bunch that ends up along my property anyway!? With regard to the geotextile, you may be fine, or you may wish you had it behind those boulders later. I’d value the filtration/separation function of the geotextile for preventing erosion of the underlying soil over weed blocking. Water and gravity are powerful forces with respect to soil erosion and deposition. There is a boulder slope/wall like that at my sister’s house and it has issues with soil washing through that you wouldn’t expect.

[@OldIronAcres]

The stone wall is coming out cool Adam! - Any way to add some steps down the stone wall near the Garage, to run down to the pond, or run to the Porch? Seems like it would be handy to add into the wall design. And could be a good test for your excavator skills! could be railroad ties, of flat topped rocks, or wood from the property cut on the mill!!!

[@victorsummers2283]

You might consider planting things (natives) in between the rocks, like flowering bushes?

[@springhollerfarm8668]

Maybe fill between the boulders with some river rock to fill in gaps where snakes and other critters can hide as well as help with weed suppression.

[@doogiek13]

the wall is going to look beautiful when you are all done.

[@exotictones1054]

Better call Mike n tell him you need concrete to send the hauses over.probably not spelt right.what a neighbor, wish I had one.mine all want me to help them but to busy to help me.

[@robertgiguere7137]

Like what your doing. You have a plan in your head with a picture and you accomplish that vision. 👍 😎

[@greenwoodsbushhogging6704]

When I see that gutter drain, all I can think of is a dry waterfall and a plant area around it. It's definitely something to look into on the interwebs.

[@kenhenke3693]

Great video

[@Tarkov.]

This is awesome, the only thing I'd worry about is not having enough flow for heavy rains. But I kinda doubt you guys see the same kind of rainfall that we see in Tampa

[@carlfondelheitiii2742]

The wall is looking great and from yr property as well, good way to hold down the cost. Carl FONDEROSA FARMS MD

[@Budds36]

Hey dad, do a good job because this will be mine some day.

[@Jameson4327]

Dad’s little helper?

[@douggibson9084]

Looks good Adam.

[@CharlesReiche]

Neighbor Doug is great.

[@jimjensen1414]

yes, I agree, rock wall looks GOOD, as good as if you paid a pro !!!

[@mikeadams2339]

Was going to ask if you had rented a machine without the seat time you have, do you think the job would have gone as well as it did? Great to see Doug get some seat time. Any beverages involved?

[@WildAcresFarms]

I’ve been a mechanic on heavy equipment for years, familiar with operating dozers and digger. I bought my Deere 35G excavator last year, and there’s just no substitute for seat time. Rent one for two days, and you’ll be a semi-competent operator by the time you’re ready to return it. From then on you’ll be able to rent a machine and REALLY get some work done.

[@gregm312]

nice work

[@HabitatRestoration]

Rather than putting down Geomat, plant deep rooted native plant seed under the borders. Work with a local native plant nursery for species that will work well in you location. Those plants will keep the weeds down, they will keep coming back year after year, and the deep roots will help absorb stormwater runoff.

[@kjstutzman7692]

Hey southern guy here with a question…. That pipe sticking out like it is … would ice clog it up during cold weather and possibly Cause water damage?

[@catsgillhillbilly]

Awesome!

[@douglasgood1103]

don't know much frost you get? But up hear we get 6 to 8 feet of frost , especially where you drive over top of the drain. Hope this don

[@frevele1656]

Good morning your pond looks like it is holding water

[@cattigereyes1]

Wait load can crush a plastic pipe! The University I worked for had its steam pipes crushed by a very large crane in the parking lot drove right over and wham, done son! Repair was costly! As a past Boy Scout black widows spiders love rock walls. Just beware and tell the kid not to reach into those rocks. Also salamanders like rocky areas.

[@danielbowser130]

Great project.

[@joopjansen9102]

Well done!

[@peterkoster5053]

Iv seen guys build a wall like you have then they pump concrete around the rock at a later date to stop weeds and then it can be rinsed clean... but hey round up also works for weeds. I personally wouldn't have used geotec