Garden paths with their own hands

Today, many gardeners learned an expression such as landscaping.And one of the options for upgrading your site are the garden paths.They can be made not only in the area of ​​rural or village houses, but also in the country.

Why garden paths?

To avoid paying big money for landscape design services, and you can put your own tracks with his hands in the garden, as well as between the entrance to the house and gate.Such upgrading your site will allow to achieve three objectives at once:

To make garden paths with your own hands, you can take the finished paving tiles, brick, pavers or natural stone.Therefore, should first determine the material.For these purposes it is possible to take a one-color tiles, and artistic.

How to make a track in the garden of stone?

Before we will give all the garden path of stones, it is necessary to plan.For this marking is done around the dacha (see. Photo).If it is necessary to lay various paths in the garden, the slope must be considered soil as a few centimeters tile should be above ground level.It is necessary to hammer into the ground pegs and between the pull cord.

But before laying paving tracks in the country, it is necessary to remove the sod with a shovel in enclosed spaces pegs, as in the photo.It should be carefully trim the edges of the shallow ditch.

to stone tiles can be kept as a tightly under her in the ditch should be made cushion, consisting of sand, - the thickness should not be less than 10 cm under the pillow of sand is filled with gravel and sand is added on top..This pillow should be well compacted.

All laid out the tracks on a country site must be flat so the sand in the ditch must be good trim.If in the area groundwater close to the surface, it is necessary to think about the drainage system.For this fit into the ditch larger gravel, and the top is already filled up with sand.

And only after that can be laid paving slabs, as in the photo.To get a beautiful garden path, made with your own hands, you need to choose the right color and spread it so as to get a nice pattern.

When stacked stone tiles, it is necessary to rap on top of a wooden mallet to the edge did not play each other.It should be concerned about the slope of the track.This is done so that when it rains or when snow melts the water once ran, and not dwell on the track.Small slopes do better on both sides, not one-way.

Such manufacturing garden paths can master every man, and there is nothing difficult.But you should know one more rule: the tiles are to be installed so that it rose by 2-3 centimeters above ground level.Such stacking garden path will not only rain water to flow quickly to the side, but when the melting snow will be convenient for her to walk.

Photo examples of garden paths

Videos laying tracks in the country with their own hands