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My other half did something similar at her flat before we moved in together. I got roped in to move the sleepers (which was fun as they all had to go through the house).
It was pretty straightforward - clear the area where you want to put the sleepers, we then put down a waterproof membrane to protect the bottom one, then build them up. By the looks of it you'll need some additional top soil, but that's easy enough to get.
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Don't do wooden steps. They're slippery when wet and children have a habit of running about with no shoes on and splinters in feet are not good. If you can get bona fide railway sleepers they will last forever due to the amount of oil etc soaked into them. Put the dirty side to the garden good side to the house and you can forget them. Stagger them like bricks and get some freecycle paving slabs and bricks to make some steps.
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This maybe better suited to the DIY thread but I thought I might float it here first.
I just moved into a new house with a sloped garden. Ideally I'd like to level it so I can have somewhere for my son to play, grow some veg and put a little shed it the corner for bike and gardening stuff.
Searching the net I've found people who have done some interesting things with sleepers. I really like the idea of building a couple of benches either side of some steps up to the grass. The slope in my garden isn't as severe as the ones in the below examples.
Does anyone have any advice? There's a load of articles online about how to build a retaining wall and I know a carpenter and a builder so I'm hoping this is something I can do myself with their help rather than employing someone to do it. After buying the house I'm smashed so I'll have to do this on the cheap.
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