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Garden Path Building Guide -
How to Build a Garden Path DIY
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Garden Path Design Ideas
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Hardscaping projects - Laying stones - Garden edging -
Wheelbarrow - Backyard pathway |
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Preamble |
Building a Stone Dust Path |
In
summer of 2011, I decided to build garden paths
or stone dust walkway in my garden.
Goal being: To give a natural look to the garden
pathway and allow better circulation on the
yard. |
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Garden path landscaping idea - 4 easy steps tutorial |
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Digging garden path foundation |
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Cheap Garden Path Idea
Build garden path |
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Path foundations and
gravel: |
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Remove the grass according the total width of
the path.
Path bed: Edge #1 + path + edge #2 = width of
material to be removed (lawn).
This path:
8" + 54" + 8" = 70 inches. |
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Cheap garden path material |
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Gravel for garden path
Garden walkway design |
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Path foundations and
gravel: |
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Use 0-3/4" gravel for material to make the
bottom of the garden walkway. |
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Crushed rock for garden path foundation material |
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How to build a garden path
Garden path construction |
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Path foundations and
gravel: |
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Meandering path give to the garden a depth
effect. It's useful idea for a small yard. |
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Garden Path design |
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How to landscape a gravel path
Backyard Path Idea |
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Path foundations and
gravel: |
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Don't put 0-3/4" gravel in the log timber area
(both sides of the path). |
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Garden path landscape design and construction |
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Garden Paths and Borders
Stone dust walkway |
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Path foundations and
gravel: |
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The garden path length:
200 feet or 61 meters. |
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Create a garden path |
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Garden Walkway Ideas
How to lay a gravel path |
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Path foundations and
gravel: |
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Using a gas compactor or Plate Tamper or plate
compactor. |
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Affordable garden path - Plate compactor |
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Build an Aviary
How to lay a gravel
path |
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Path foundations and
gravel: |
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The garden walkway
begins to take shape. Gravel 0-3/4" being
compacted. You can proceed to the landscape
fabric installation.
Using a plate compactor. |
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