We figured out that the best method for filling the dirt bags was to have one person hold the bag and the other person fill. It takes a 5 gallon bucket of dirt to fill 1 dirt bag. Normally we would have to take some of the dirt out of the buckets with out hands and then we were able to pour the rest of the bucket right into the dirt bags. We also experimented with using some water to help pack the dirt in the bags and it seemed to work really well. We had no exact measurement on the water. We did try to put enough water in to keep the dirt moist throughout the bag.
For actually building the wall we were able to tamp the bags with a couple of bricks we found. We did out best to stagger them so that they will make a sturdy wall. We put down barbed wire in between the rows in order to lock the bags into place with each other. on the sides we started tapering the wall so that it will be in a downward slope.
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