[Tiger]

My lawn is south facing, lots of sun, and the soil is , a hard clay and with the slight slope the water basically runs off of it before it soaks in. So I want to get rid of some of the slope. So basically right now I just do not water it come summer time so I do not have to waste the water since it just runs off.

What I want to do is put in railway ties (untreated) to raise the front of the lawn to lower the slope. Is there anywhere to get them (or something similar) so I can build a nice looking terrace. Or does anybody have a better idea (pictures would be nice).