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polaris:
do you mean shaping the land/earth im not sure i understand.
i would though get some gravel/chippings inside to help drainage through the holes and stop the soil washing away through the holes.
id put chippings round the edge put some mulch/soil in ant top it iff with bark chips ,if you like the look that is, i would say that will give good drainage and help cut down weeding

Buddabing:
What about the landscaping fabric? Will the gravel stay put if there is no landscaping fabric under it?

polaris:

--- Quote from: Buddabing on May 19, 2007, 03:55:23 pm ---What about the landscaping fabric? Will the gravel stay put if there is no landscaping fabric under it?

--- End quote ---
do you mean the black material youd put underneath stuff, its stops weeds a bit so yeah anyway. if you get me , fabric first , your choice IMHO wether you use it or not( money being the main factor ), i wouldnt say you need to line the walls with the fabric, big chippings next to the holes followed by smaller ones to trap the dirt more, think about how youd fill a plant pot with a big draining hole, few rocks in the bottom so the little chippings dont fall through the drainage hole, fill the gaps with chippings, then the soil, not much is gonna wash away, but itll drain and not turn into a pool of mud. the two sizes of chippings is a luxury as well as the fabric, one size would be fine im sure ,it just needs to be bigger chippings than the holes in the walls.some soil will wash away but itll take much longer than before. hope that helps im sure its pretty obvious to you now ive said it
have a go at my question again too, if your not already thinkin on it :cheers:

BobbyG66:
This is just my opinion, but the fabric sux!
I would not use it.

I used it a couple years ago under alot of my mulch areas.
It worked somewhat, but then started showing on the sides and edges.
It looked like crap and I ended up pulling it all out.

Maybe I did not bury deep enough...

I would rather just pull the weeds as they come up.
Makes it easier for edging and spreading mulch in the future.

You did a nice job with the wall, looks great!
BG66

Buddabing:
I ended up blowing off the fabric. Where the blocks meet on the first "story" of blocks a "V" forms. So I filled in the V with pea gravel to allow water to pass but not (hopefully) soil. Then I filled in the trench behind the blocks with the dirt that I had dug out of the trench.

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