When these systems are properly designed, built and maintained, they often last many decades.

This blog post is about walls and fences (but probably not the ones you may be thinking about). The walls of concern to this blog post are located in the Town of Geneva, in a part of the state known ...

If you have walls or fences on your property, you may want to consider adding some variety to their surfaces. Wall-covering plants break up the vast expense of surface and may enhance the aesthetic ...

Humans have been building retaining walls for thousands of years to create flat, or gently sloping, terraces on hillsides. A lot of my readers have them on their own property — or need to build one — ...

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Cambridge’s Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee is still on the fence about what to do with a 115-year-old retaining wall on Blair Road, with repair or replacement costs exceeding $1 million. The ...