Question
I'm attempting to create flared steps made out of sod on a short slop in my landscape. {Sort of "Masa Picchue" like}
There will be a Boxwood Hedge on either side .I live in Atlanta GA. [Zone 8]
Could you please advise how to do this? The dimensions are:
run-21'
rise-30"
1st step-6'wide
last step-10'wide
I would very much appreciate the help.
Thank you.
Betsy  

Answer
Hello,

I will assume you mean the run as being the top point where you come off the 6 feet long step and onto the top of the slope and the bottom point of the run as being the point where you come off the last step onto ground level. Thus the risers would have to be 7-1/2 inches high for 3 steps. If the first step is 6 feet wide and the last step is 10 feet wide,then that leaves the space in the middle which is 5 feet wide and that consists of 3 steps.

You could use 4 x 4 or larger landscape timbers as containment for the sod or concrete. Perhaps a continuous concrete stringer down the length of the steps. Good luck. Let me know if I can be of further help.

Mark Harshman
http://www.mahdrafting.com
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