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Originally Posted by Tonz
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Ok, that's a bit more reasonable.
To answer your
OP, yes you can use sandbags.
However the fundamental issue with retaining walls is this: It is back-breaking work. It involves either a phenomenal amount of really hard labour, and/or a significant amount of machinery.
So the question you have to ask is whether you want to go through all that for something that will look crap, and fall over in a few years.
Obviously the go-too gold standard, is large limestone blocks. Timeless, and if done properly, everlasting.
Then you have a variety of pre-cast concrete products, which range from the reasonable stylish, to the downright ugly industrial.
Treated Pine is probably the lightest and easiest to work with (if you don't mind the garden looking like a 1970's Public Park.
Hardwood "sleepers" are another option. And keep in mind that if you hunt around, you can pick up some cheap salvage options.
Another option to consider, especially if you want to plant vegetation, is to use gabions. You even save money by filling them yourself, and filling them in-situ saves on the lifting. Either scavenge the rock, or get a truckload delivered.
The look is an acquired taste, but you can fill the tops with soil and plants, creepers will grow through them, and if you pick the right rocks then lichens and mosses will also grow.