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Would hypertufa reinforce a brick raised garden bed?

10 years ago

My husband I are are attempting to build a raised garden bed out of decorative brick. The bed will be used for urban homesteading - edibles and flowers. Our yard is quite sloped at the end (you can get a reference in the photos from the slope of the fence). What was intended to be a 12 inch high bed at the flat end of the yard, has turned into quite a tall wall at the sloped end. We did a great job of building a level, in not entirely straight wall last weekend. However, we are now concerned that the wall will topple over once it is filled with the weight of settling dirt.

Would hypertufa (which I only learned of today on GardenWeb) help reinforce the wall? Or would be be better to use mortar between the bricks?

Thanks in advance,
MSP&JLP

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billie_ann
10 years ago
You want to coat the brick with hypertufa or you want to use it for mortar? Strongest would be to use straight mortar mix to cement the bricks. If you go strictly with a dry stack wall you need tie-back brick/stone. A tie-back is a longer piece of brick/stone/wire/metal strap that goes from the wall back into the soil to hold/anchor the wall. If this doesn't make sense do a search online for how to build a dry stack wall. Depending on how large or many tie-backs you use, you could be taking up planting space.
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