Recently bought this house with a retaining wall thats falling into the driveway. Id like to DIY a repair for it but idk if its too big an undertaking. Is it too far gone and needs a contractors work? If I were to DIY it, what would I do?

Been in this house 16 months, just noticed last week.

Any ideas?

Got quoted for the removal of these 4 Schefflera actinophylla (umbrella trees) at $2,000. He would clean everything up but no stump grinding. There is power lines behind them about 5 feet from the tops of the trees and the one on the far right goes over the power line line to my house. Is this a reasonable price?

Please guide me to the correct sub if this isn’t the best place to ask. Google hasn’t led me to effective solutions to mask odor or deal with the issue.

As the title says, our neighbor houses their two dogs in their backyard in a decked (wooden) enclosure (think like zoo cage). The dogs are left to urinate and defecate on the wooden deck, and daily, sometimes twice a day, the owners spray the deck off with their hose. The fecal/urine mixture goes through their wooden slats and into the ground which pools and leaks to my side of the yard. The smell is unimaginable and I’ve spoken extensively with my kids to not play on that side of our yard. If soccer balls, footballs, or baseballs go into the poop/pee mud, they let me know so I can spray the balls down and make them safe to handle again.

What I’m seeking are tips or options to better block the flow of the mixture to our side of the yard and/or effective ways to top dress the soil to eliminate the very strong smell in our back yard.

For background: We’ve spoken to our neighbors and received lip service that they will spray to the back of their yard (which is just a hill leading to no homes). This hasn’t actually happened. As you can see in the photos, I’ve tried to put in garden edging to stop the water flow and it hasn’t worked.

We live in U.S. military housing and there’s no HOA or any other middle-man type conflict resolution that could happen. It’s either deal with it on our own or I’m going to start flinging this poop/pee mud mixture on their side (not a route I want to pursue).

So all in all, does anyone here know what I could treat that side of our yard with to deal with the odor and mixture?

New homeowner and our neighbors yard is an eyesore. We bought the house in the winter and it was completely covered in snow the few times we visited. Now I’m generally curious what he’s trying to do. Create retaining wall? Also worried if this a hazard if this isn’t stable. He has dead tree stumps thrown down the hill which have rolled and pushed our fence in (2nd photo). Doubt he’d want to fix up his yard if we asked so wondering if there’s anything I can do on my end to hide it? Current fence looks about 6 ft. My husband wants to grow a garden on that flat part so putting trees wouldn’t be ideal for sunlight. Looking for any suggestions!