| We all want to protect our grass from being | | | | |
| spoiled. The easiest way to do this is to | | | | Pouring sand |
| create a stepping stone walkway. A stepping | | | | |
| stone walkway in the garden gives a natural | | | | Dig the outlined area and remove the grass. |
| and beautiful feel and makes your garden | | | | Once you have removed the grass completely |
| stand out. Decorating your garden with the | | | | pour an inch of sand so that you can lay the |
| stepping stones is like adding beauty in your | | | | stones flat. |
| garden. | | | | |
| | | | Rearrange the stones |
| Modus operandi | | | | |
| | | | Once you have poured sand in the marked out |
| Creating a stepping stone walkway can be a | | | | and dug area, place the stones again in their |
| tricky business if not done in the proper | | | | place. |
| manner. In order to create a stepping stone | | | | |
| walkway you have to follow a set of | | | | Balancing the stone |
| instructions that are discussed below. | | | | |
| | | | Place the stones in the area and check their |
| Mark the area | | | | balance properly. An imbalanced stone could |
| | | | be dangerous for anybody at any time. |
| Marking the area is the first step which you | | | | |
| need to perform while creating the stepping | | | | Tamp the level |
| stone walkway. Mark the area in a curved or | | | | |
| straight manner with the help of ropes. You | | | | Fill up the soil in the ground where you have |
| can also mark the area with the help of | | | | placed the stones. Tamping gives a better |
| limestone powder. | | | | balance to the stones. |
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| Arranging the stones | | | | Adjusting the height |
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| Once you have marked your area, you can begin | | | | While leveling the area make sure that you |
| placing the stones one after another in it. | | | | have given the same height to all the stones. |
| | | | In order to give a proper height to the |
| Ensuring the right placing | | | | stones you can the take the help of a board. |
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| Arranging the stones and making sure they are | | | | Readjusting the height |
| at the right place is of much importance as | | | | |
| well. While laying the stones make sure that | | | | If you are feeling uncomfortable while |
| you have placed the stones properly and not | | | | walking on the stepping stone walkway you may |
| in an imbalanced manner. For your convenience | | | | readjust the height of steeping stone |
| you may take the help of a spade. | | | | walkway. |
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| Remove the stones | | | | In this way you can have your own stepping |
| | | | stone walkway by following these simple |
| After arranging the stones, let the stones to | | | | steps. You will see how much your garden is |
| be there for few minutes, mark the area that | | | | appreciated by just few simple stones which |
| they cover and then remove the stones from | | | | add a new light to your garden or lawn. So go |
| the marked area. Dig the outlined area which | | | | ahead and create a natural and striking |
| is created by stone so that the stones can be | | | | stepping stone walkway. |
| fixed properly. | | | | |