Lala & Pops Ain't Got Nothing On MY Rock Wall

Arizona was not designed to deal with rain (or water, really) - being a desert and all. Hence, Tucson really does not have any sort of drainage system at all. Streets gradually flow into washes, which gradually flow into "rivers." Our yard is kinda the same way. It is designed so that anytime it rains OR anytime we run the washer (which drains behind the Oleanders as grey water), the water then runs across the patio, to the other half of the yard, where there is a little rock bed dug out to lead the water to the alley, and so on to the "rivers," I guess. BUT, every time it did this, it also carried a LOT of DIRT (dirt = a term I use loosely) onto the patio, where it layered and BAKED onto the bricks so that it took a hoe to get it off. So, over x-mas I built a wall! My neighbor thought I was kinda crazy . . . But, we've had plenty of rain over the past few weeks (in case you haven't heard) to test it, and it works!!! The patio looks so much prettier, the puppies' paws are not muddy all the time, and I don't slip while doing laundry. Yahoo!