Things You'll Need:
- Garden Trowels
- Sand
- Shovels
- Grub Axes
- Shovels
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Step 1
Choose your path. Look at your yard or garden and note where frequent travel or shortcutting has begun to wear a path: these are good areas for stepping-stones.
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Step 2
Mark your path, keeping in mind that stepping-stones should be spaced about as far apart as a normal stride. Walk alongside the envisioned path and with each step drop a little flour on the future path in a spot that is parallel to the arch of your foot - this will indicate where the center of each stone should go.
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Step 3
Figure out how many stones you will need, and get them.
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Step 4
Use a trowel, small shovel, or grub axe (depending on your soil type) to dig a hole for the first stone. Try to dig a flat-bottomed hole a bit bigger than the stone in diameter and not quite as deep.
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Step 5
Pack down the bottom, making it as flat and level as you can.
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Step 6
Spread a layer of sand, about 1/2-inch deep, in the bottom of the hole.
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Step 7
Place the stone on the sand and pack dirt loosely in around it. Stand on the stone and bounce a bit to set it firmly into place.
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Step 8
Stand on the stone again; adjust if necessary.
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Step 9
Firmly pack dirt around the stone.
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Step 10
Repeat steps 4 - 9 for each remaining stepping-stone.
Comments
DogDay65 said
on 6/12/2007 If you want to put stepping stones down in a lawn, make sure that you dig the hole deeper than the stone and set it slightly below the level of the lawn. That way, you will be able to mow over them without difficulty.