Q: It’s time to landscape my backyard, which is currently dirt. I have a 2-foot-high bluff where I’d like to put a retaining wall, but I’m uncomfortable with masonry work. I’ve seen stackable blocks ...

Building a stackable retaining wall may seem like a project for a professional, but it's actually something you can do yourself. Here's how.

Unless you're constructing the Great Wall of China, building a retaining wall is child's play -- the blocks are just heavier and more expensive then the ones you played with as a kid. Using textured, ...