Understand Filter Fabric Application

going to plug up plain and simple and when that fabric plugs up it's going to start to bulge outward a way to get around it if you have a high clay content soil and you're willing to do some work is to plant the heck out of that retaining wall it's almost like stitching the boulder retaining wall together those plants will stop the soil from weeping from eroding through the face of that retaining wall and furthermore it will literally knit everything together actually creating a stronger retaining wall in the end than if you build a boulder retaining wall with just fabric alone you obviously want to be cautious when applying filter fabric it is not a universal one-size-fits-all application so let's repeat this high clay content soil you don't want to do anything with the wall you put fabric behind it knowing that that fabric is gonna bulge sandy gravelly soil something that doesn't have a clay binder in it you put filter fabric in because that filter fabric has to retain that sand from eroding through the base but if you have a high clay content soil and you're willing to do some work on your own don't put filter fabric in but plant the heck out of the joint spacing eventually those joint spaces will grow over and will create a stronger longer-lasting retaining wall hands down hey one last thing look me up on Instagram the majority of my projects do not make it to youtube I do almost daily updates on my Instagram