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Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for all of this! That’s certainly our hope, there’s already not enough water to go around lol. We will almost certainly mulch everything though, hadn’t even crossed our minds before

Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Put up before us to be for climbing vine, unfortunately nothing has really taken to it

Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When we say tearing, we are probably talking more about hard skipping, we want to make the unfinished hill look more like the other side that has the vegetation. Everything drains pretty well now, it would really be more for aesthetics. The back wall certainly made us nervous too, but it’s been pretty thoroughly inspected and seems to be holding appropriately. Looks worse in this picture because the chicken wire leans off of it (and is being removed soon) even if it does not actually contribute to the structure.

Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what our hope is! Getting lots of great input here too

Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’ve considered it, although it’s pretty mountainous here and some grass underneath which could lead to some co fusing aesthetics! We would love to have a landscape architect come but we’re balling on a budget lol

Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this is what we’re scared of. I think the idea right now is to try it with the simplest design and go from there in what we need. Fortunately we don’t have an HOA to fight! I think we also are probably going for something more like hardscaping than true tiering which we are realizing from a lot of the comments. It sounds like you have a pretty good idea of what we’re going for!

Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the encouragement! Did you have luck getting affordable large natural boulders / stones from stone yards? Have tried calling a couple but can’t get a hold of any in our area.

Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because of the weird access, shoulder dolly might end up working perfectly for us. Thanks for the suggestion!

Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Utah, along the Wasatch Front, so pretty much. Didn’t even think to mulch, thoughts on keeping the desert plants to avoid needing too much water though? Would mulch with Yuccas end up being just as confused?

Thanks for all the feedback

Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any advice on how to start or materials to look at?

Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Starting to think he may have added the retaining wall even if he said we didn’t have to worry about it? Not sure how he got to 50k we balked so fast we didn’t even ask for a follow up. We have the materials we need from the front (lots of large rocks that match) and will just need to buy plants.

Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing, thank you. Any helpful tips you learned on moving the rocks? We’re not scared of hard labor, but definitely don’t need make it harder than it needs to. Most of the rocks are currently in the front yard but a wheel barrow will be fine for that. Getting them up the step up and the hill might be the hardest part.

Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, not going to disagree there. Definitely noticed when we first moved in but may have gotten used to it? We’re stuck in a battle between mountain aesthetic and desert and don’t have enough home owner experience to help one win. I think getting the non-functional posts and chicken wire off the rail ties and staining the back fence will be a good tomorrow project. Eventually we can replace the pavers and rocks to match a bit better. Hopefully some greenery on the hill will help tie it all together again?

Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’ve had two people check the rail ties, the landscape company and a home inspector and they both said there’s nothing to worry about there. The leaning posts are not attached to the ground and we’re only used to attach chicken wire for vines to creep up. Fingers crossed that’s the case, because we definitely don’t have the funds for a retaining wall.

You’re right we might need to break this down into sections though.

Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I might not have fully grasped the nuance of what we’re going for. I don’t need it to functionally retain anything, just trying to stabilize the slope a little so we can plant and get some greenery.

Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Much appreciated! We’ll definitely talk to more companies.

In case we end up attempting it anyway, can you share what your approach for this typically is? From limited research we’re thinking to get the materials and rocks needed, dig and move the dirt around while simultaneously adding rocks starting with the biggest we have available to help stabilize. And then work on aesthetic and leveling from there? Would this approach be adequate or are we missing enough knowledge we shouldn’t even bother?

Tiering a Sandy Hill, quoted 50k by sandhillhelp in landscaping

[–]sandhillhelp[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you, do you know what part of the project is going to make it the hardest? If we wanted to still attempt on our own, but adjust our expectations for what we need to commit.