How to Build a Rock Garden

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Deltagardener on Jun 28, 2017
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Sarah Jane on Aug 09, 2019
Without mortar, how do you keep the soil in over time as it rains or you water? My elevated rock area on the side of the driveway needs to be redone because I get mud all over the drive.
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Mindshift on Dec 22, 2021
Some soils are more likely to seep through cracks than others. You can mortar the interior half of a stone wall—the outside will appear dry stacked. The higher the wall the more important it is to have weep holes along the bottom. Water makes soil heavier and can move even heavy, mortared stones over time. Place 6" of round gravel covered in landscape fabric against the interior base of the wall. Leave spaces between lower stones for water to filter through. If there are gutters from your house or a neighbor's that drain into this area the gravel base needs to be deeper and taller and may need a perforated drainage pipe to handle the hydrostatic pressure.
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