To connect the front and back lawn or create a short passage through a garden bed, consider using stone. It complements any landscape with its natural look while providing safe footing.
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Just take a look at the worn areas in a yard–they can act as a blueprint as to where a stone walkway can be both functional and fanciful.
Installing a stone path is an easy but sometimes backbreaking project that requires more stamina than skill because it involves digging the path, filling it with sand and landscape fabric and then lifting the stones and putting them into place. Let’s just say it’s a good workout.
You’ll find a nice selection of stones for a path at home and lawn centers. Unless you have a heavy vehicle and a strong back, pay to have the stones delivered and stacked near the path.
We found a landscape contractor will charge approximately $800 to lay a 2-foot-wide, 40-foot-long stone path using flagstones. We estimate you can buy the materials, which include flagstones, sand and landscape cloth, for $210 and do it yourself and save about 70 percent.
Dig out the sod or soil so it’s about 4 inches deep and level and lay landscape fabric and sand to provide a weed-free base for the stones. Then lay the stones so they fit together nicely and spread sand between them.
