Making A Stepping Stone Pathway

Place stones along a well traveled area of your yard to reduce wear on the grass and provide a stable walking surface.

Making a stepping stone pathway.

If there is keystone brick or faux rock on your exterior walls bring the same texture and color into the stepping stones. A gravel stepped walkway is easy to create on your own and adds visual interest and practical purpose to a garden landscape. Now place the stepping stone into the hole and press it into the packed material. Spacing for the stepping stones depends somewhat on the purpose of the path and the speed at which you want the traffic to move.

The concrete stepping stones will shift over time. Now it s time to place the stepping stone into the hole you created. A path made of stepping stones is a simple inexpensive way to add charm to your landscape. However the necessary adjustment will be simple enough in such areas where the medium loam or mulch is loose and where access is easy.

Wherever you wish to have a garden path simply sink the concrete stepping stones into the soil or into the mulch. To make stepping stones choose a mold like a cake pan or a plastic tub then coat the mold with petroleum jelly or cooking oil to make removing the stone easier. Tips to create your stone walkway make sure you have enough stepping stones also known as flagstones to complete your path. Design the path mark the path of building edge with special upside down spray marking paint.

Once you determine the spacing the digging and the setting go quickly. Pea gravel and new or salvaged wood beams are all that you will need to. You simply adjust their spacing to fit a natural stride and to make the path curved or straight. Stepping stones are set individually in sand recesses each excavated to conform to the shape of the individual stone.

Pieces that size aren t likely to crack and no cutting is required. Consider your home s architecture when choosing a style of stepping stone. The path doesn t require a gravel base just a 2 inch sand base in the recess dug in the soil. Press it into the packed material and then pack in some of the loose sand or crushed stone around the stepping stone to give it some added support.

Go to your local stone yard and look for pieces at least 1 1 2 inches thick and about 24 inches wide. Wear sturdy boots and gloves during installation. Then pack a little more of the loose sand or crushed stone around the stepping stone to give it some added support. Prepare concrete according to the instructions on the package then pour around 2 inches into the mold.

Lay out the path photo 1.