Back Garden Bed Wall

Both Kristen and I are still trying to get over our colds but we were able to get some of the back garden bed wall done over the weekend. The first step was to level the bottom of the pit and put in about a 3-4 inch base under the wall stones. Here you can see the trench after leveling and filling with 5/8" clean stone.

Then the stones were laid and were seated with a dead blow mallet. Each one was checked for level both along and across the wall. Here you can see the first stones laid.

And the whole first course laid.

Once the first course is down the others proceed quite quickly. The last couple will take a little time because they will be glued in place to lock the top of the wall. Here is a picture of the second course laid.