Size the trench so there's enough room for the retaining wall block and at least 8 in. of space behind it. Excavate deep ...

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Block walls going up ⬆ ! Lots of progress over the span of just a few hours! Very glad we hired out the installation of our block stem walls.. it would have taken us weeks (maybe months) to do this ...