Certainly, stone retaining walls will look great in your backyard ... Add a 3-to-4-foot length of railroad tie into the hill. Leave the end flush with the visible front of the wall.

A retaining wall allows you to turn a useless (for landscaping purposes) slope into a terraced ... As you know, ties are 6 x 8 feet x 8 inches (more or less) chunks of pine, redwood, or oak ...